We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
93 of its 147 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Jammu accounted for 61 of Kashmir's 93 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Road crashes were named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 24 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 110 of Iran's 197 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. 93 of Tehran's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
18 of its 62 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
203 of its 562 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Landslides were named in 108 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, storms and volcanic eruption.
27 of its 59 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 41 of Syria's 105 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
45 of its 79 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kabul accounted for 24 of Afghanistan's 45 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets.
69 of its 250 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Storms were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in New Zealand (108 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (1056 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Greece (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in China (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Kenya (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 15,929 stories about harm among 87,559 counted on 22 Jan.
Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in New Zealand's news. of the day's 87,559 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kashmir stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. On 22 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 much softer 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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