We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
459 of its 913 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Islamabad accounted for 234 of Pakistan's 459 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (225 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
102 of its 258 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 83 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. the Panama Canal accounted for 32 of Panama's 36 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Drought was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
40 of its 61 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 11 of Sweida's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
490 of its 648 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Tehran accounted for 239 of Iran's 490 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
89 of its 278 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
86 of its 169 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. the Red Sea accounted for 85 of Djibouti's 86 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
18 of its 19 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).
26 of its 66 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories).
13 of its 28 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Türkiye (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Philippines (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Russia (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 20,730 stories about harm among 111,760 counted on 18 Jan.
Mentions of the drought ran about 6 times their usual in Panama's news. of the day's 111,760 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Pakistan stood out: 50% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. A year earlier, on 18 January 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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 about as 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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