We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
168 of its 192 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kivu accounted for 91 of Rwanda's 168 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
65 of its 92 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 5 of the Congo River's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
63 of its 137 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Gaza accounted for 121 of Palestine's 193 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 143 of Israel's 518 stories about harm, carried by 264 outlets. Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
8 of its 16 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
53 of its 101 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Japan (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in India (35 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Canada (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in China (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 18,031 stories about harm among 97,321 counted on 28 Jan.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 24 December 2024. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 97,321 stories, below the usual 20. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Rwanda. Bangladesh's news mentioned heavy rain about 6 times as often as 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 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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