We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
288 of its 422 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Sanaa accounted for 212 of Yemen's 288 stories about harm, carried by 455 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (103 stories). Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
59 of its 79 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Landslides were named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, avalanche and drought. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Malaria was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
6 of its 9 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 3 of Minsk's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.
40 of its 78 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kathmandu accounted for 22 of Nepal's 40 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 117 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
671 of its 880 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Jerusalem accounted for 165 of Israel's 671 stories about harm, carried by 312 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 30 of Iran's 72 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 19 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
99 of its 287 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Covid was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in New Zealand (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in US (370 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 11,997 stories about harm among 59,327 counted on 13 Jan.
In Colombia'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 59,327 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Yemen. On 13 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 today. Yemen stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 58%.
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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