We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
252 of its 327 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Petrinja accounted for 192 of Croatia's 252 stories about harm, carried by 487 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (140 stories). Earthquake was named in 249 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
95 of its 206 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 35 of Riyadh's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 27 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
138 of its 261 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Dhaka accounted for 85 of Bangladesh's 138 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories).
24 of its 38 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 6 of Darfur's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
112 of its 281 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
85 of its 146 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tehran accounted for 50 of Iran's 85 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with polio.
Tigray accounted for 30 of Ethiopia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
42 of its 97 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
224 of its 505 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Mozambique (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Iran (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in India (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (26 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 21,228 stories about harm among 74,315 counted on 29 Dec.
In Croatia, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. the news turned to Croatia for the second day running. A year earlier, on 30 December 2019, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 today. of the day's 74,315 news stories, 29 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 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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