We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
61 of its 96 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Nablus accounted for 43 of Palestine's 61 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 118 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
60 of its 130 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
4 of Lilongwe's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
75 of its 127 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Zewan accounted for 34 of Kashmir's 75 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
20 of its 42 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Pyongyang accounted for 18 of North Korea's 20 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
34 of its 78 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 87 of Afghanistan's 140 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Polio was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
62 of its 181 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories).
66 of its 107 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in US (1082 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in North Korea (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Spain (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); gas explosion in Italy (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 19,807 stories about harm among 74,721 counted on 13 Dec.
The news turned to Palestine for the second day running. 27 in every 100 of the day's 74,721 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Palestine, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% is usual. A year earlier, on 13 December 2020, 27 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 softer 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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