We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
31 of its 41 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tirana accounted for 25 of Albania's 31 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. 18 of Tirana's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
73 of its 181 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Taipei accounted for 51 of Taiwan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Earthquake was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
107 of its 184 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 93 of Lebanon's 107 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (87 stories).
38 of its 143 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Kabul accounted for 34 of Afghanistan's 95 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 17 of Kabul's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 42 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 80 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
54 of its 71 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
43 of its 136 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 134 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Norway (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Germany (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Australia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in China (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 24,382 stories about harm among 100,547 counted on 10 Dec.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 5 November 2020. of the day's 100,547 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. Taiwan's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. Albania's news was 76% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. On 11 December 2019, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 24 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 softer than 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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