We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
268 of its 371 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tehran accounted for 170 of Iran's 268 stories about harm, carried by 369 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
66 of its 250 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 24 of Bangkok's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).
14 of its 31 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
97 of its 380 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (22 stories).
The Red Sea accounted for 59 of Djibouti's 59 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
49 of its 82 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
49 of its 64 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 20 of Sudan's 49 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets.
20 of its 63 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 7 of Machu Picchu's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.
18 of its 41 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
Baghdad accounted for 28 of Iraq's 59 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Japan (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Ghana (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Israel (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 19,965 stories about harm among 112,822 counted on 31 Jan.
In Ghana's news, mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 112,822 stories, below the usual 19. It was the second day running that the news turned to Iran. On 31 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today. Iran stood out: 72% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 65%.
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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