We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
51 of its 60 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Lima accounted for 24 of Peru's 51 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 18 of Lima's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
35 of its 44 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Jenin accounted for 29 of Palestine's 35 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 43 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Bucharest accounted for 21 of Romania's 23 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).
52 of its 90 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Avalanche was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
112 of its 236 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Brasilia accounted for 78 of Brazil's 112 stories about harm, carried by 292 outlets. 64 of Brasilia's 78 stories were about protests or strikes.
51 of its 125 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ankara accounted for 37 of Türkiye's 51 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
158 of its 249 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Mizan accounted for 64 of Iran's 158 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
5 of Berlin's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in India (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); train derailment in US (39 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 8,576 stories about harm among 42,572 counted on 14 Jan.
20 in every 100 of the day's 42,572 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 14 January 2022, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, 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 about as 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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