We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
42 of its 71 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Ramallah accounted for 35 of Palestine's 42 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. 20 of Ramallah's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
216 of its 456 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Moscow accounted for 151 of Russia's 216 stories about harm, carried by 260 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (81 stories). Outbreaks were named in 46 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with respiratory illness.
49 of its 66 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tigray accounted for 40 of Ethiopia's 49 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
178 of its 424 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories).
346 of its 1,061 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
14 of Bangkok's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Paris accounted for 88 of France's 125 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. 55 of Paris' 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
44 of its 112 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Cyclone was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of Yerevan's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Thailand (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Switzerland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in China (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (49 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 14,840 stories about harm among 55,546 counted on 5 Dec.
In Russia's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 55,546 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 6 December 2019, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today. In Palestine, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual.
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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