We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
405 of its 485 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Pokhara accounted for 323 of Nepal's 405 stories about harm, carried by 553 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (131 stories). Earthquake was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
157 of its 520 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 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.
17 of its 23 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 58 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Lima accounted for 28 of Peru's 37 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 21 of Lima's 28 stories were about protests or strikes.
27 of its 28 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
45 of its 63 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Dheisheh accounted for 33 of Palestine's 45 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
345 of its 786 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
82 of its 197 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tsunami and landslides.
38 of its 72 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 48 of Iran's 90 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 24 of Tehran's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (36 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Romania (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Latvia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hypothermia in New Zealand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 12,352 stories about harm among 60,354 counted on 16 Jan.
The news turned to Nepal for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 60,354 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about three times their usual. Nepal stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%. A year earlier, on 16 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 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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