We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
142 of its 202 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 41 of Iran's 142 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 27 of Tehran's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
117 of its 322 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Seoul accounted for 79 of South Korea's 117 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories).
21 of its 26 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
52 of its 154 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 21 of Baku's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Lima accounted for 62 of Peru's 69 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 54 of Lima's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
149 of its 391 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Natural hazards were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
4 of Almaty's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Diphtheria was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in New Zealand (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Japan (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Pakistan (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in China (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 14,277 stories about harm among 76,239 counted on 20 Jan.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 9 December 2022. of the day's 76,239 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. the news turned to Iran for the fourth day running. Mentions of the diphtheria ran more than ten times their usual in Nigeria's news. A year earlier, on 20 January 2022, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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