We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
356 of its 836 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dnipro accounted for 146 of Ukraine's 356 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
230 of its 276 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Pokhara accounted for 180 of Nepal's 230 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 56 of Iran's 108 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. 28 of Tehran's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
25 of its 75 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
36 of its 78 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 15 of Minsk's 20 stories were about protests or strikes.
143 of its 654 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).
28 of its 39 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sanaa accounted for 15 of Yemen's 28 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets.
64 of its 224 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
24 of its 27 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).
79 of its 221 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in China (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in UK (59 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plane crash in US (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 14,946 stories about harm among 75,092 counted on 17 Jan.
Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in China's news. of the day's 75,092 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On 17 January 2022, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 20 today. Ukraine's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.
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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