We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
848 of its 1,350 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Ankara accounted for 708 of Türkiye's 848 stories about harm, carried by 695 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (633 stories). Train derailment was named in 472 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,041 of its 1,672 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Ramallah accounted for 969 of Palestine's 1,041 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (609 stories). Road crashes were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
42 of its 49 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Soroca accounted for 41 of Moldova's 42 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories).
257 of its 535 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 124 of Kupang's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 103 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with plane crash.
99 of its 122 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
698 of its 1,076 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jerusalem accounted for 474 of Israel's 698 stories about harm, carried by 289 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (317 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,255 of its 2,790 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (1,020 stories). HIV was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption and typhoon. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
Hodeida accounted for 270 of Yemen's 468 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (167 stories). Plague was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
79 of its 126 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
170 of its 447 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: bird flu in Guyana (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Switzerland (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (158 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in United Arab Emirates (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Yemen (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 Dec. 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 34,584 stories about harm among 189,410 counted on 13 Dec.
In Türkiye's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 189,410 stories, below the usual 20. Türkiye's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. A year earlier, on 13 December 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.
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 18 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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