We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
576 of its 970 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Peshawar accounted for 360 of Pakistan's 576 stories about harm, carried by 616 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (339 stories). Building collapse was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 41 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Pyongyang accounted for 22 of North Korea's 24 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 16 of Pyongyang's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Flu was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
120 of its 278 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 76 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.
28 of its 84 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
349 of its 622 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jerusalem accounted for 289 of Israel's 349 stories about harm, carried by 417 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
257 of its 774 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (64 stories). HIV was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. 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.
40 of its 102 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
105 of its 218 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 78 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories).
12 of its 27 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flu in Romania (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); illness in Switzerland (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Japan (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Somalia (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 13,413 stories about harm among 69,137 counted on 30 Jan.
For the second day running, the news turned to Pakistan. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 69,137 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in New Zealand's news. On 30 January 2022, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 19 today. Pakistan stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 31%.
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 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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