We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
115 of its 254 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kyiv accounted for 93 of Ukraine's 115 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (99 stories). Flooding was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
104 of its 185 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 65 of Iran's 104 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
55 of its 110 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. 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.
778 of its 1,027 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Jerusalem accounted for 236 of Israel's 778 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (363 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 20 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Minsk's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
15 of its 36 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
40 of its 51 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 47 of Bangladesh's 85 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Seoul accounted for 63 of South Korea's 75 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. 38 of Seoul's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories).
12 of its 16 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 3 of Tarija's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); hypothermia in US (115 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); meningitis in UK (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 12,225 stories about harm among 63,361 counted on 18 Jan.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 63,361 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ukraine's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. In Ukraine, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual.
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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