We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
140 of its 184 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 51 of Iran's 140 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 38 of Tehran's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
108 of its 233 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Sinaloa accounted for 36 of Mexico's 108 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (46 stories).
20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories).
79 of its 367 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
17 of its 22 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Bamako accounted for 15 of Mali's 17 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
20 of its 40 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
38 of its 116 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 10 of Eldoret's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
69 of its 276 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Paris accounted for 48 of France's 69 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. 28 of Paris' 48 stories were about protests or strikes.
91 of its 223 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 47 of Israel's 91 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (23 stories). Landslides were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning, extreme cold and food poisoning.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Canada (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in India (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in US (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Jan. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 8,456 stories about harm among 41,377 counted on 7 Jan.
Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 41,377 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 7 January 2022, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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