We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
151 of its 260 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Birkenau accounted for 72 of Poland's 151 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (50 stories). Hunger was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
184 of its 212 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kivu accounted for 102 of Rwanda's 184 stories about harm, carried by 330 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
95 of its 197 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Minsk accounted for 51 of Belarus' 95 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. 29 of Minsk's 51 stories were about protests or strikes.
22 of its 26 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories).
116 of its 152 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Beirut accounted for 41 of Lebanon's 116 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
243 of its 660 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 64 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 6 of Tripoli's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.
23 of its 98 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in South Korea (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in France (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Germany (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 16,080 stories about harm among 83,208 counted on 27 Jan.
Poland's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 83,208 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Poland for the second day running. Mentions of Covid ran about 5 times their usual in New Zealand's news. A year earlier, on 28 January 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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