We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
87 of its 130 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Athens accounted for 42 of Greece's 87 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories). Accidents were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
53 of its 68 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Khartoum accounted for 42 of Sudan's 53 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. 41 of Khartoum's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
56 of its 103 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
41 of its 114 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
89 of its 162 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Dhaka accounted for 52 of Bangladesh's 89 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
120 of its 177 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 48 of Malaysia's 120 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
79 of its 111 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jammu accounted for 31 of Kashmir's 79 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 36 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
33 of its 44 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
69 of its 170 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Spain (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in India (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in US (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 8,906 stories about harm among 31,060 counted on 25 Dec.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 12 September 2021. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 6 times their usual in Spain's news. In Greece, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 29 in every 100 of the day's 31,060 stories, above the usual 27.
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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