We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
83 of its 91 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 7 of Deir Ezzor's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories). Illness was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
80 of its 209 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Istanbul accounted for 61 of Türkiye's 80 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 61 of Ukraine's 146 stories about harm, carried by 242 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Flu was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
22 of its 55 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 6 of Birkenau's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
239 of its 335 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Gaza accounted for 178 of Palestine's 239 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
84 of its 136 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
28 of its 56 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
49 of its 149 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 20 of Nairobi's 25 stories were about protests or strikes.
10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in UK (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); bird flu in US (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 9,892 stories about harm among 53,754 counted on 28 Jan.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 53,754 stories, as usual. Mentions of the flu ran about three times their usual in Canada's news. In Syria, 91% of the news was about people being harmed, where 56% is usual. On 28 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Haiti, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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?
Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.
Create a free accountSign in · a username, an email and a password.