We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
81 of its 138 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Kabul accounted for 29 of Afghanistan's 81 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
79 of its 318 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with hurricane, storms and snowstorms.
709 of its 1,940 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Beijing accounted for 323 of China's 709 stories about harm, carried by 454 outlets. 176 of Beijing's 323 stories were about protests or strikes.
31 of its 104 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
112 of its 512 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Accidents were named in 28 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.
Jenin accounted for 36 of Palestine's 68 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 66 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
13 of its 26 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
70 of its 109 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tigray accounted for 21 of Ethiopia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Brazil (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Spain (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in United Arab Emirates (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Pakistan (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 15,431 stories about harm among 81,023 counted on 1 Dec.
In Brazil's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 81,023 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Afghanistan. On 1 December 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 19 today. Afghanistan stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%. Over November, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 in November 2021.
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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