We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
39 of its 51 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Bamako accounted for 22 of Mali's 39 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
61 of its 81 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 35 of Haiti's 61 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
26 of its 71 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
40 of its 133 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 28 of Buenos Aires' 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
403 of its 898 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
20 of its 58 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 169 of Palestine's 203 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Poisoning was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
17 of its 26 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drought in Brazil (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Japan (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Colombia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Kenya (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 19,836 stories about harm among 112,359 counted on 25 Jan.
For the second day running, the news turned to Mali. Mali stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. A year earlier, on 25 January 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. of the day's 112,359 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19.
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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