We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
75 of its 101 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Sanaa accounted for 28 of Yemen's 75 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
411 of its 1,992 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (133 stories). Landslides were named in 173 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake, extreme cold and snowstorms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
88 of its 109 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (62 stories). Malaria was named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
169 of its 248 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Tehran accounted for 100 of Iran's 169 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
48 of its 162 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 36 of Iraq's 60 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
The Red Sea accounted for 43 of Djibouti's 44 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
87 of its 147 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).
55 of its 134 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ireland (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (213 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Lebanon (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Canada (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); helicopter crash in US (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 17,319 stories about harm among 94,433 counted on 22 Jan.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 21 December 2023. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 94,433 stories, below the usual 20. Mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual in Cameroon's news. A year earlier, on 22 January 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Yemen stood out: 74% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 64%.
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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