We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
66 of its 110 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bandung accounted for 32 of Indonesia's 66 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Landslides were named in 52 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.
23 of its 33 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 71 of Ukraine's 81 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 101 of Iran's 170 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 90 of Tehran's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
80 of its 134 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 49 of Palestine's 80 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 24 of Kashmir's 33 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
29 of its 147 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
3,459 of its 11,933 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Extreme cold was named in 380 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts, storms and hypothermia.
138 of its 339 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
12 of its 17 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: landslides in New Zealand (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Greenland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in US (380 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in India (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 8,854 stories about harm among 41,870 counted on 25 Jan.
Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 41,870 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. the news turned to Indonesia for the second day running. Mentions of landslides ran about three times their usual in Indonesia's news. In Indonesia, 60% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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