We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
49 of its 65 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kaffrine accounted for 33 of Senegal's 49 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 201 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Illness was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
63 of its 103 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jammu accounted for 32 of Kashmir's 63 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
45 of its 139 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). 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.
84 of its 194 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Mexico City accounted for 44 of Mexico's 84 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
356 of its 819 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (41 stories). Accidents were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Tehran accounted for 48 of Iran's 110 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 39 of Tehran's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
17 of its 19 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.
22 of its 31 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories).
12 of its 34 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 4 of Khankendi's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Vanuatu (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Thailand (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); building collapse in Egypt (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Australia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 7,423 stories about harm among 34,805 counted on 8 Jan.
Senegal's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 34,805 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Vanuatu's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about India and the US. This week the news turned most often to Mexico, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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