We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
69 of its 111 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Lima accounted for 38 of Peru's 69 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. 36 of Lima's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
70 of its 338 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Jammu accounted for 32 of Kashmir's 44 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
8 of its 11 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
53 of its 92 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Stockholm accounted for 43 of Sweden's 53 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. 36 of Stockholm's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
43 of its 106 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ankara accounted for 27 of Türkiye's 43 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 25 of Ankara's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 87 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 12 of Baku's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 26 of Iran's 49 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 21 of Tehran's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
8 of its 10 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 7 of Drina's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
23 of its 27 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Ukraine (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Mexico (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in China (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in India (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 8,401 stories about harm among 43,789 counted on 21 Jan.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 43,789 stories, below the usual 21. Mentions of helicopter crash ran about 4 times their usual in Ukraine's news. A year earlier, on 21 January 2022, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Peru stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 52%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 harsher 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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