We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
378 of its 538 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 323 of Israel's 378 stories about harm, carried by 440 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (166 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
56 of its 107 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Ankara accounted for 32 of Türkiye's 56 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. 17 of Ankara's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
301 of its 639 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 35 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 79 of Iran's 199 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (100 stories). Earthquake was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
111 of its 197 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Heavy rain was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms, landslides and power cuts.
48 of its 62 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Lima accounted for 29 of Peru's 48 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 17 of Lima's 29 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Hypothermia was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of its 26 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
35 of its 128 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Iran (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Indonesia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Japan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in US (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 7,604 stories about harm among 36,789 counted on 29 Jan.
21 in every 100 of the day's 36,789 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 January 2022, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Sweden, on 3 of 7 days.
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 much 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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