We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
209 of its 284 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Dhaka accounted for 141 of Bangladesh's 209 stories about harm, carried by 392 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Drownings were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
33 of its 54 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Khartoum accounted for 21 of Sudan's 24 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. 18 of Khartoum's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
155 of its 298 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
119 of its 342 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Seoul accounted for 74 of South Korea's 119 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Accidents were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 27 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).
58 of its 111 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories).
39 of its 133 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Philippines (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Russia (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Australia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Nigeria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Canada (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 15,638 stories about harm among 55,523 counted on 24 Dec.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 19 September 2021. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 55,523 stories, above the usual 26. Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Bangladesh's news. In Bangladesh, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 December 2020, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 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 much 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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