We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
212 of its 247 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Jenin accounted for 179 of Palestine's 212 stories about harm, carried by 415 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
63 of its 122 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Beirut accounted for 51 of Lebanon's 63 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. 29 of Beirut's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).
22 of its 37 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Pyongyang accounted for 20 of North Korea's 22 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with respiratory illness.
13 of its 32 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
148 of its 538 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 4 of Larnaca's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
29 of its 87 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 4 of Hanoi's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Tehran accounted for 55 of Iran's 104 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 29 of Tehran's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
35 of its 104 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Covid was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
27 of its 91 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Jersey (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in South Korea (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); snowstorms in Romania (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Japan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 15,375 stories about harm among 79,449 counted on 26 Jan.
19 in every 100 of the day's 79,449 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 26 January 2022, a year earlier, the share was 25 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 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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