We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
94 of its 112 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tripoli accounted for 49 of Libya's 94 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 28 of Tripoli's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
116 of its 179 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 87 of Afghanistan's 116 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
31 of its 60 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Lusaka accounted for 26 of Zambia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 52 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
235 of its 343 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 63 of Tehran's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
83 of its 150 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Lima accounted for 46 of Peru's 83 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. 43 of Lima's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (49 stories).
72 of its 100 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jenin accounted for 53 of Palestine's 72 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 60 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Yerevan accounted for 30 of Armenia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 7 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,382 of its 4,828 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (204 stories). Extreme cold was named in 90 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with hypothermia, snowstorms and storms.
45 of its 80 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Africa (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Ghana (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (90 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cyclone in India (42 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 13,553 stories about harm among 67,614 counted on 12 Dec.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 5 November 2022. of the day's 67,614 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Libya stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. It was the second day running that the news turned to Libya. In Yemen's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 6 times their 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 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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