We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
56 of its 89 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 56 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Avalanche was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 53 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Budapest accounted for 20 of Hungary's 24 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
90 of its 249 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Brasilia accounted for 52 of Brazil's 90 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. 47 of Brasilia's 52 stories were about protests or strikes.
20 of its 45 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
60 of its 154 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
63 of its 278 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of Lima's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 34 of Iran's 67 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 25 of Tehran's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
67 of its 181 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
Tigray accounted for 22 of Ethiopia's 32 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (33 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in France (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tornadoes in US (294 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in India (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 14,266 stories about harm among 74,492 counted on 13 Jan.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 9 December 2022. 19 in every 100 of the day's 74,492 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. In Japan's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 8 times their usual. A year earlier, on 13 January 2022, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Kashmir's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 44%.
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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