We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
75 of its 174 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Beirut accounted for 58 of Lebanon's 75 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. 52 of Beirut's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
186 of its 446 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Ankara accounted for 84 of Türkiye's 186 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
98 of its 167 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories).
50 of its 139 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Respiratory illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
1,795 of its 6,176 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 613 of Delhi's 798 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 60 of Afghanistan's 172 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Drought was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 68 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Havana accounted for 19 of Cuba's 21 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 10 of Havana's 19 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Measles was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Baghdad accounted for 36 of Iraq's 55 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 19 of Baghdad's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
32 of its 110 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Italy (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Dominican Republic (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (76 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Afghanistan (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Malaysia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 19,997 stories about harm among 115,023 counted on 17 Dec.
For the third day running, the news turned to Lebanon. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 115,023 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual in the Dominican Republic's news. In Lebanon, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. A year earlier, on 17 December 2018, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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 17 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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