We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
102 of its 228 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Stockholm accounted for 81 of Sweden's 102 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. 51 of Stockholm's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
36 of its 43 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Mogadishu accounted for 28 of Somalia's 36 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 54 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Lusaka accounted for 20 of Zambia's 32 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
33 of its 63 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Beirut accounted for 27 of Lebanon's 33 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).
152 of its 237 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 82 of Iran's 152 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 61 of Tehran's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
8 of Brasilia's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
14 of its 20 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 10 of Mbabane's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. 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.
18 of its 30 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 53 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
19 of its 63 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Pakistan (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Syria (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hunger in Brazil (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Ukraine (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in South Africa (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 13,042 stories about harm among 67,233 counted on 23 Jan.
Mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual in Pakistan's news. of the day's 67,233 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. the news turned to Sweden for the second day running. A year earlier, on 23 January 2022, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In Sweden, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual.
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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