We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
151 of its 195 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Petrinja accounted for 137 of Croatia's 151 stories about harm, carried by 281 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. 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.
169 of its 198 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Sanaa accounted for 102 of Yemen's 169 stories about harm, carried by 389 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
56 of its 161 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
72 of its 135 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 17 of Kampala's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories).
77 of its 130 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Gjerdrum accounted for 66 of Norway's 77 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Landslides were named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake.
84 of its 115 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Damascus accounted for 46 of Syria's 84 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
107 of its 210 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Riyadh accounted for 71 of Saudi Arabia's 107 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
83 of its 153 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
108 of its 180 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
14 of its 20 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 6 of Santiago de Puringla's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Norway (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Mozambique (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in St Vincent (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in North Korea (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Zimbabwe (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 22,718 stories about harm among 77,059 counted on 30 Dec.
Norway's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Croatia. of the day's 77,059 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 26. A year earlier, on 31 December 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 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 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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