We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
79 of its 113 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Ndjamena accounted for 65 of Chad's 79 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
110 of its 167 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 86 of Venezuela's 110 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. 75 of Caracas' 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
8,892 of its 30,051 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (644 stories). Storms were named in 418 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides.
31 of its 126 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 76 of Palestine's 107 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Hypothermia was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 50 of Syria's 124 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with respiratory illness and flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
8 of its 13 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
26 of its 43 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
36 of its 99 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Ireland (53 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hypothermia in Palestine (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in France (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Japan (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 21,544 stories about harm among 99,146 counted on 9 Jan.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Singapore. In Chad, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. Ireland's news mentioned extreme cold about 5 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 99,146 news stories were about people being harmed, above 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 much 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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