We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
85 of its 115 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Lima accounted for 35 of Peru's 85 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. 26 of Lima's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
118 of its 224 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kabul accounted for 83 of Afghanistan's 118 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 67 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Ebola was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks.
216 of its 516 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jerusalem accounted for 112 of Israel's 216 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
111 of its 299 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 47 of Brasilia's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
69 of its 105 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Nablus accounted for 36 of Palestine's 69 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 144 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tigray accounted for 25 of Ethiopia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 44 of Iran's 90 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 22 of Tehran's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 69 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 14 of Minsk's 14 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Romania (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Haiti (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ireland (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in India (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 15,393 stories about harm among 79,586 counted on 12 Jan.
For the second day running, the news turned to Peru. On 12 January 2022, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 19 today. Peru's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 52%. of the day's 79,586 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.
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 softer 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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