We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
252 of its 366 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bangkok accounted for 135 of Thailand's 252 stories about harm, carried by 354 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (185 stories). Train derailment was named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and building collapse. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
69 of its 125 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Kampala accounted for 30 of Uganda's 69 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 19 of Kampala's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).
Gaza accounted for 93 of Palestine's 116 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave.
48 of its 225 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Drownings were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 673 of Iran's 1,068 stories about harm, carried by 843 outlets. 626 of Tehran's 673 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
45 of its 110 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 4 of Somalia's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Aleppo accounted for 31 of Syria's 45 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
42 of its 154 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
7 of its 17 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Singapore (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Ukraine (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in France (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 15,360 stories about harm among 85,821 counted on 14 Jan.
In Singapore's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 85,821 stories, as usual. Thailand's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. On 14 January 2025, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 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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