We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
62 of its 97 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. the Red Sea accounted for 61 of Djibouti's 62 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (39 stories). Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
633 of its 1,035 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Wajima accounted for 163 of Japan's 633 stories about harm, carried by 501 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Landslides were named in 85 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, drownings and building collapse.
102 of its 260 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dhaka accounted for 64 of Bangladesh's 102 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories).
10 of its 26 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 3 of Ndjamena's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
208 of its 394 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kyiv accounted for 69 of Ukraine's 208 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
160 of its 378 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
83 of its 247 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories).
56 of its 96 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
5 of its 5 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
21 of its 30 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in China (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in India (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in Australia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 9,938 stories about harm among 50,094 counted on 1 Jan.
In Japan's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 50,094 stories, above the usual 19. Djibouti's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%. On 1 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 today. Over December, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in December 2022.
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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