We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
198 of its 332 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kartal accounted for 86 of Türkiye's 198 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
78 of its 135 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kabul accounted for 51 of Afghanistan's 78 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
37 of its 70 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
23 of its 50 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 8 of Minsk's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.
15 of its 18 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories).
39 of its 74 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 13 of Baghdad's 19 stories were about protests or strikes.
5 of its 9 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (29 stories). Landslides were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding and heavy rain.
Gaza accounted for 139 of Palestine's 261 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tuberculosis was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (35 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (61 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in UK (116 of its stories, about three times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); tuberculosis in India (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 19,686 stories about harm among 104,399 counted on 22 Jan.
For the second day running, the news turned to Türkiye. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 104,399 stories, below the usual 20. Mentions of landslides ran about 7 times their usual in Indonesia's news. In Türkiye, 60% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. On 23 January 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today.
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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