Ecuador
128 of its 184 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Guayaquil accounted for 70 of Ecuador's 128 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories).
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Violence in Guayaquil and Beirut and protests in Seoul (South Korea) drew the news. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.
Part of lifeHealth
28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual
Country that rose mostEcuador
70 in 100 of its 184 stories, usually 43
RegionLatin America & Caribbean
26 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words
Much softer than usual
across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →South Korea
152 of its 560 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 69 of Seoul's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).
Lebanon
51 of its 86 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Beirut accounted for 33 of Lebanon's 51 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Panama
23 of its 51 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
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Brazil
49 of its 209 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 10 of Brasilia's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Spain
117 of its 486 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Flu was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Austria
27 of its 79 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).
Philippines
196 of its 565 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Earthquake was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tsunami.
Azerbaijan
32 of its 171 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories).
New Zealand
116 of its 419 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: polio in Pakistan (43 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Spain (30 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Nepal (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Germany (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
20 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 19; 19 the day beforeStories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 20,867 stories about harm among 106,167 counted on 9 Jan.
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20 in every 100 of the day's 106,167 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 9 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.
- 20 in every 100 of the day's 106,167 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19).
- Ecuador: 128 of its 184 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%.
- South Korea: 152 of its 560 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%.
- Lebanon: 51 of its 86 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%.
- Panama: 23 of its 51 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%.
- Mentions of the polio ran about 9 times their usual in Pakistan's news.
- Mentions of the flu ran about 5 times their usual in Spain's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were much softer than usual.
- A year earlier, on 9 January 2023, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Israel71 in 100 of its 1,631 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador70 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Palestine64 in 100 of its 327 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 63 · mostly displacement Lebanon59 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violenceCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Washington US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 709 Seoul South Korea69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99 Tel Aviv Israel65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 309 Brooklyn US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60Stories, not people.
Where it happened
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Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Tel Aviv Israel attacks & violence · 238 stories, 453 outlets ● Fort Worth US accidents & disasters · 233 stories, 731 outlets ● Portland US accidents & disasters · 196 stories, 539 outlets ● Jerusalem Israel attacks & violence · 152 stories, 232 outlets ● Seoul South Korea protests & strikes · 99 stories, 202 outlets ● Wajima Japan accidents & disasters · 58 stories, 116 outlets ● Gaza Palestine attacks & violence · 149 stories, 214 outlets ● Kyiv Ukraine attacks & violence · 66 stories, 96 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health28% 5,799 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 4,554 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Rights & justice21% 4,273 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,676 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,052 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 908 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 702 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 491 stories · about as usualOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed4,848 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,394 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions527 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Ecuador Stories reporting people displaced277 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees169 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about the usual rateStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
harshwarm
The words in the day's stories were much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than usual
● Fearabout as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.