We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
48 of its 75 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Paipa accounted for 36 of Colombia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Plane crash was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
130 of its 172 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Aleppo accounted for 54 of Syria's 130 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
544 of its 877 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Tehran accounted for 354 of Iran's 544 stories about harm, carried by 519 outlets. 338 of Tehran's 354 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 13 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
61 of its 131 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kyiv accounted for 38 of Ukraine's 61 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
15 of its 76 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. 11 of Dubai's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).
112 of its 291 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
58 of its 182 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
70 of its 111 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Gaza accounted for 40 of Palestine's 70 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories). Power cuts were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Australia (63 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Germany (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); avalanche in France (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 7,632 stories about harm among 39,619 counted on 11 Jan.
In Colombia's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 39,619 stories, as usual. Colombia's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. A year earlier, on 11 January 2025, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 7 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 much harsher than 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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