We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
230 of its 380 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 154 of Bangladesh's 230 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. 103 of Dhaka's 154 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories).
248 of its 573 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (72 stories). Landslides were named in 69 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.
Gaza accounted for 129 of Palestine's 150 stories about harm, carried by 335 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Hunger was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with chickenpox and meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with outbreaks.
23 of its 27 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Paget Farm accounted for 21 of St Vincent's 23 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories).
54 of its 137 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
142 of its 379 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
48 of its 92 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
48 of its 168 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
269 of Washington's 503 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Snowstorms were named in 250 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storm surge.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in US (250 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in India (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 12,031 stories about harm among 57,786 counted on 6 Jan.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 15 October 2023. of the day's 57,786 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Japan and Israel. Mentions of landslides ran about three times their usual in Japan's news. In Bangladesh, 61% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual.
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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