We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
459 of its 680 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Sanaa accounted for 284 of Yemen's 459 stories about harm, carried by 535 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Natural hazards were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
42 of its 67 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Port Moresby accounted for 35 of Papua New Guinea's 42 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. 32 of Port Moresby's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
30 of its 71 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Pyongyang accounted for 25 of North Korea's 30 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Covid was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks.
22 of its 29 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
197 of its 358 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. the Red Sea accounted for 197 of Djibouti's 197 stories about harm, carried by 379 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Malaria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
37 of its 108 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 11 of Warsaw's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 6 of Khartoum's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Typhoon was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
13 of its 19 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: malaria in Cape Verde (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Zambia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Syria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (114 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); snowstorms in US (571 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 20,483 stories about harm among 103,127 counted on 12 Jan.
Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 103,127 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Yemen stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 52%. A year earlier, on 12 January 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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 softer 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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