We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
100 of its 158 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Anantnag accounted for 45 of Kashmir's 100 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as fearful as the world's.
165 of its 317 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 78 of Malaysia's 165 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Landslides were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
1,467 of its 3,599 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Poisoning was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with food poisoning.
Tigray accounted for 21 of Ethiopia's 32 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 12 of Tigray's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
224 of its 564 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Polio was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. 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.
21 of its 50 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 39 of Sudan's 68 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. 31 of Khartoum's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 113 of Israel's 243 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
148 of its 209 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (99 stories).
21 of its 45 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: polio in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Australia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in UK (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 19,856 stories about harm among 65,639 counted on 30 Dec.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 11 September 2021. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about India and the US. 30 in every 100 of the day's 65,639 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. In Malaysia's news, mentions of landslides ran about 4 times their usual.
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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