We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
83 of its 193 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dhaka accounted for 55 of Bangladesh's 83 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 41 of Dhaka's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
109 of its 270 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Cyclone was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
22 of its 64 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Brussels accounted for 20 of Belgium's 22 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories).
11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
91 of its 144 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 55 of Iran's 91 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 41 of Tehran's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 64 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Lima accounted for 19 of Peru's 31 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. 16 of Lima's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).
14 of its 31 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Tunis accounted for 13 of Tunisia's 14 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. 7 of Tunis' 13 stories were about protests or strikes.
22 of its 62 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
61 of its 93 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
111 of its 313 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hiv in France (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Mexico (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Sweden (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 8,171 stories about harm among 41,749 counted on 10 Dec.
In France's news, mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 41,749 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Germany. the news turned to Bangladesh for the second day running.
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 harsher 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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