We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
157 of its 186 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Khartoum accounted for 133 of Sudan's 157 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. 132 of Khartoum's 133 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Flooding was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with helicopter crash. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
358 of its 377 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Mogadishu accounted for 346 of Somalia's 358 stories about harm, carried by 527 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (229 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
115 of its 121 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Managua accounted for 89 of Nicaragua's 115 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
103 of its 201 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
704 of its 1,119 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 98 of Jerusalem's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Outbreaks were named in 91 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
629 of its 1,393 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Paris accounted for 516 of France's 629 stories about harm, carried by 421 outlets. 356 of Paris' 516 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (492 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
73 of its 122 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bucharest accounted for 70 of Romania's 73 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. 68 of Bucharest's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (67 stories).
184 of its 231 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
100 of its 151 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
43 of its 125 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in Türkiye (145 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Chile (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in North Korea (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 21,776 stories about harm among 104,939 counted on 22 Dec.
In Türkiye's news, mentions of food poisoning ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 104,939 stories, above the usual 19. It was the second day running that the news turned to Sudan. In Sudan, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 61% is usual. A year earlier, on 22 December 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 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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