We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
66 of its 161 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Nairobi accounted for 37 of Kenya's 66 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. 26 of Nairobi's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories).
80 of its 97 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Sanaa accounted for 48 of Yemen's 80 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Accidents were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
24 of its 34 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 14 of Haiti's 24 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
23 of its 64 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
138 of its 426 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 26 of Birkenau's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
212 of its 280 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Gaza accounted for 152 of Palestine's 212 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
38 of its 71 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Plane crash was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
21 of its 22 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 58 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Russia (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Türkiye (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Canada (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); bird flu in US (29 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 11,497 stories about harm among 61,792 counted on 27 Jan.
Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 61,792 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Russia's news mentioned plane crash about 6 times as often as usual. Kenya's news was 41% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. A year earlier, on 27 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 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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