We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
66 of its 100 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tehran accounted for 50 of Iran's 66 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Snowstorms were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
64 of its 73 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
51 of its 61 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Tigray accounted for 29 of Ethiopia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
13 of its 29 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 3 of Buenos Aires' 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
32 of its 39 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Budapest accounted for 31 of Hungary's 32 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories).
77 of its 144 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Seoul accounted for 60 of South Korea's 77 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories).
195 of its 468 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
139 of its 489 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
50 of its 100 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Bangkok accounted for 39 of Thailand's 50 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
81 of its 191 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Bangladesh (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Belarus (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in UK (103 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 11,597 stories about harm among 39,201 counted on 26 Dec.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 15 November 2020. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. Mentions of snowstorms ran more than ten times their usual in Iran's news. of the day's 39,201 news stories, 30 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 26.
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 much harsher 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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