We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
145 of its 268 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Stockholm accounted for 121 of Sweden's 145 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. 92 of Stockholm's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
76 of its 127 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 62 of Lebanon's 76 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories).
51 of its 155 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Illness was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Earthquake was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Lima accounted for 29 of Peru's 49 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 25 of Lima's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
11 of its 14 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 8 of Mbabane's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 190 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 23 of Ankara's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
26 of its 32 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 15 of Somalia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
8 of Brasilia's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Hunger was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria.
27 of its 66 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Pyongyang accounted for 24 of North Korea's 27 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Brazil (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in India (46 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); avalanche in Canada (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 15,464 stories about harm among 78,323 counted on 24 Jan.
For the third day running, the news turned to Sweden. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 78,323 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Nepal's news. In Sweden, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 January 2022, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.
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 20 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 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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