We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
54 of its 130 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Lima accounted for 40 of Peru's 54 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. 31 of Lima's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Drought was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu and flu.
163 of its 288 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bandung accounted for 63 of Indonesia's 163 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
17 of its 21 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).
11 of its 43 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
134 of its 242 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 72 of Iran's 134 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 59 of Tehran's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
44 of its 81 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Baghdad accounted for 24 of Iraq's 44 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
295 of its 708 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (202 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 81 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 25 of Kashmir's 34 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
24 of its 55 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
97 of its 432 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (27 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Ghana (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Ukraine (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 15,246 stories about harm among 81,023 counted on 7 Dec.
In Peru's news, mentions of the drought 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. A year earlier, on 7 December 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In Peru, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is 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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