We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
385 of its 500 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Tehran accounted for 231 of Iran's 385 stories about harm, carried by 353 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
127 of its 332 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
538 of its 1,660 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (139 stories). Gas explosion was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
11 of Mexico City's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
172 of its 216 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Sanaa accounted for 55 of Yemen's 172 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 58 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Bishkek accounted for 21 of Kyrgyzstan's 28 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories).
350 of its 904 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
85 of its 279 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
107 of its 222 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Germany (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Japan (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in UK (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 20,821 stories about harm among 110,273 counted on 17 Jan.
Germany's news mentioned snowstorms more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 110,273 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Iran. Iran stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 56%. A year earlier, on 17 January 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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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