We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
41 of its 90 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
67 of its 98 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jammu accounted for 31 of Kashmir's 67 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
145 of its 399 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Seoul accounted for 83 of South Korea's 145 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories).
Khartoum accounted for 17 of Sudan's 27 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. 16 of Khartoum's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
54 of its 100 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
55 of its 131 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
31 of its 65 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 23 of Honduras' 31 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets.
313 of its 632 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
28 of its 69 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 3 of Lilongwe's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in UK (77 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Canada (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 24,325 stories about harm among 91,893 counted on 1 Dec.
Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 26 in every 100 of the day's 91,893 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 25. For the second day running, the news turned to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan stood out: 46% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. On 1 December 2020, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 26 today. Over November, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.
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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