We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
439 of its 668 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 299 of Iran's 439 stories about harm, carried by 342 outlets. 281 of Tehran's 299 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
95 of its 197 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kyiv accounted for 72 of Ukraine's 95 stories about harm, carried by 221 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
101 of its 263 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (57 stories). Landslides were named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Aleppo accounted for 77 of Syria's 110 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 68 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
83 of its 263 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 22 of Palestine's 42 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heatwave, cyclone and power cuts.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in South Africa (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (52 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in UK (33 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 9,012 stories about harm among 48,979 counted on 10 Jan.
It was the tenth day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 48,979 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. South Africa's news mentioned wildfires more than ten times as often as usual. On 10 January 2025, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 18 today. In Iran, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is 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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