We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Tehran accounted for 69 of Iran's 137 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 43 of Tehran's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
91 of its 205 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Yerevan accounted for 55 of Armenia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
310 of its 676 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Covid was named in 188 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides and volcanic eruption. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kyiv accounted for 196 of Ukraine's 304 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Helicopter crash was named in 128 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
70 of its 109 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Lima accounted for 52 of Peru's 70 stories about harm, carried by 221 outlets. 48 of Lima's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
29 of its 101 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
17 of its 23 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
41 of its 125 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories).
44 of its 166 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Pokhara accounted for 33 of Nepal's 53 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); avalanche in China (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in US (101 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 15,292 stories about harm among 81,212 counted on 19 Jan.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 9 December 2022. 19 in every 100 of the day's 81,212 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. For the third day running, the news turned to Iran. New Zealand's news mentioned Covid about three times as often as usual. On 19 January 2022, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 19 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 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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