We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
209 of its 328 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 121 of Iran's 209 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 105 of Tehran's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
337 of its 742 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jerusalem accounted for 158 of Israel's 337 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
135 of its 269 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
27 of its 87 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
93 of its 231 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Lima accounted for 66 of Peru's 93 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. 44 of Lima's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
10 of its 31 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 5 of Pyongyang's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
98 of its 161 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jenin accounted for 48 of Palestine's 98 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 55 of Bangladesh's 83 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 32 of Dhaka's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).
185 of its 619 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (92 stories).
69 of its 353 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Trinidad & Tobago (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (40 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 15,284 stories about harm among 80,226 counted on 8 Dec.
Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 80,226 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 8 December 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
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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