We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
189 of its 676 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Davos accounted for 148 of Switzerland's 189 stories about harm, carried by 429 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
84 of its 157 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. the Red Sea accounted for 84 of Djibouti's 84 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
166 of its 187 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Grindavik accounted for 131 of Iceland's 166 stories about harm, carried by 293 outlets. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
11 of its 21 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 3 of Minsk's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
50 of its 185 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and heavy rain.
14 of its 16 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
10 of its 12 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
39 of its 78 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
25 of its 39 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Brazil (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Afghanistan (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Zimbabwe (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Mauritius (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 16,374 stories about harm among 83,067 counted on 15 Jan.
20 in every 100 of the day's 83,067 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 15 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, 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 much 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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