We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
57 of its 281 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 12 of Rome's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 58 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Prague accounted for 25 of the Czechia's 36 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories).
27 of its 34 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
7 of its 11 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 120 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
41 of its 121 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 14 of Bangkok's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).
49 of its 62 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Wad Madani accounted for 23 of Sudan's 49 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
31 of its 71 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 9 of Havana's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
3,416 of its 11,841 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (71 stories). Storms were named in 230 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
56 of its 170 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mayotte (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in US (230 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Australia (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 9,792 stories about harm among 44,195 counted on 12 Jan.
Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Czechia. In Mayotte's news, mentions of tropical storm ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 44,195 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 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?
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