We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
114 of its 159 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kampala accounted for 83 of Uganda's 114 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
23 of its 55 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Avalanche was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
463 of its 674 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Tehran accounted for 287 of Iran's 463 stories about harm, carried by 527 outlets. 265 of Tehran's 287 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
182 of its 339 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
81 of its 228 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 54 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 12 of Havana's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Aleppo accounted for 48 of Syria's 69 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 78 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Caracas accounted for 51 of Venezuela's 95 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Kyiv accounted for 41 of Ukraine's 59 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Africa (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Australia (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Ukraine (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in India (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); measles in UK (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 8,828 stories about harm among 49,820 counted on 17 Jan.
For the fifth day running, the news turned to Uganda. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 49,820 stories, as usual. Mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual in Austria's news. In Uganda, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. On 17 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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