Rwanda
34 of its 61 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
People injured in Rwanda, storms in the UK and refugees in Ethiopia drew the news. Rwanda's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.
Part of lifeHealth
25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual
Country that rose mostEthiopia
67 in 100 of its 61 stories, usually 41
RegionEvery region
about as usual
Tone of the words
Softer than usual
across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →UK
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (143 stories). Storms were named in 246 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tornadoes, power cuts and hurricane. 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.
Ethiopia
41 of its 61 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Afghanistan
96 of its 167 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).
6 more places the news pointed at
Hungary
18 of its 83 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Yemen
43 of its 55 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Djibouti
13 of its 20 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. the Red Sea accounted for 13 of Djibouti's 13 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets.
Cambodia
23 of its 55 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Bhutan
6 of its 15 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Taiwan
44 of its 186 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (94 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in India (35 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
19 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 20; 19 the day beforeStories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 19,810 stories about harm among 103,333 counted on 23 Jan.
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Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 103,333 stories, as usual. On 24 January 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 19 today.
- 19 in every 100 of the day's 103,333 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 20).
- Rwanda: 34 of its 61 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%.
- UK: Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (143 stories).
- Ethiopia: 41 of its 61 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%.
- Afghanistan: 96 of its 167 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%.
- Mentions of flooding ran about 6 times their usual in Ireland's news.
- Mentions of storms ran about 5 times their usual in the UK's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were softer than usual.
- A year earlier, on 24 January 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Yemen78 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia67 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine66 in 100 of its 342 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 792 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violenceCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Washington US353 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1091 Southport UK66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304 London UK53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 316 Los Angeles US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 674 Jerusalem Israel39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174Stories, not people.
Where it happened
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Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Los Angeles US accidents & disasters · 674 stories, 1,103 outlets ● Northern Ireland UK accidents & disasters · 193 stories, 233 outlets ● Castaic US accidents & disasters · 94 stories, 236 outlets ● Southport UK attacks & violence · 304 stories, 259 outlets ● Gaza Palestine attacks & violence · 111 stories, 165 outlets ● Jerusalem Israel attacks & violence · 174 stories, 160 outlets ● Bolu Türkiye accidents & disasters · 28 stories, 65 outlets ● Aschaffenburg Germany people displaced · 52 stories, 75 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health25% 4,848 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,723 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 4,430 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,418 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 875 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 813 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 711 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 605 stories · about as usualOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed4,376 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected2,179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,191 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions326 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations312 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced242 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees205 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and CanadaStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
harshwarm
The words in the day's stories were softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than usual
● Fearabout as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.