We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
50 of its 78 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kampala accounted for 46 of Uganda's 50 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Ebola was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks and haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
125 of its 286 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Stockholm accounted for 102 of Sweden's 125 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
129 of its 150 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Kivu accounted for 74 of Rwanda's 129 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
55 of its 127 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain.
20 of its 35 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Measles was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
106 of its 271 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
36 of its 51 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 83 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (183 stories). Poisoning was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: measles in Samoa (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in US (803 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 19,865 stories about harm among 100,181 counted on 30 Jan.
Mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual in Uganda's news. of the day's 100,181 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Uganda's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. On 31 January 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 20 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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