We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
79 of its 116 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jammu accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 79 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
80 of its 97 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Khartoum accounted for 53 of Sudan's 80 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 47 of Khartoum's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
195 of its 359 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 105 of Israel's 195 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
9 of its 20 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%.
18 of its 18 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
231 of its 570 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
373 of its 1,117 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Drought was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone and heatwave.
5,887 of its 15,695 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (198 stories). Wildfires were named in 317 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hypothermia and heatwave.
81 of its 127 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories).
56 of its 156 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dubai accounted for 44 of the United Arab Emirates' 56 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in US (317 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Australia (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 17,294 stories about harm among 55,700 counted on 31 Dec.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 11 September 2021. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. In South Korea's news, mentions of extreme cold ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 31 in every 100 of the day's 55,700 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 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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