We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
103 of its 138 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 85 of Iraq's 103 stories about harm, carried by 295 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Outbreaks were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
534 of its 1,326 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (126 stories). Heavy rain was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with flooding and extreme cold.
58 of its 185 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Extreme cold was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
32 of its 96 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 16 of Buenos Aires' 22 stories were about protests or strikes.
545 of its 650 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tehran accounted for 234 of Iran's 545 stories about harm, carried by 433 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (346 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
101 of its 155 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Beirut accounted for 87 of Lebanon's 101 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
267 of its 609 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
41 of its 58 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Freetown accounted for 30 of Sierra Leone's 41 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets.
15 of its 49 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
7 of Aung Hlaing's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Russia (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Philippines (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 19,635 stories about harm among 100,819 counted on 4 Jan.
In Iraq's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 100,819 stories, as usual. Iraq's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 47%. A year earlier, on 4 January 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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