We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
25 of its 27 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Gitega accounted for 22 of Burundi's 25 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 30 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 16 of Mozambique's 22 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
235 of its 386 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Kabul accounted for 163 of Afghanistan's 235 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
67 of its 91 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. 12 of Aung Hlaing's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
129 of its 227 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
73 of its 220 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
72 of its 118 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
90 of its 215 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
337 of its 1,077 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Flooding was named in 96 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with power cuts, heavy rain and storms.
10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (96 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Spain (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Japan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (120 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in US (65 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 21,624 stories about harm among 86,713 counted on 7 Dec.
Burundi stood out: 93% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%. 25 in every 100 of the day's 86,713 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ireland's news, mentions of flooding ran about 9 times their usual. A year earlier, on 7 December 2020, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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