We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
62 of its 122 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Lima accounted for 35 of Peru's 62 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. 25 of Lima's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
99 of its 144 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 85 of Afghanistan's 99 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
228 of its 844 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
45 of its 181 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Brussels accounted for 39 of Belgium's 45 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories).
45 of its 63 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tripoli accounted for 31 of Libya's 45 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. 16 of Tripoli's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
143 of its 256 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 33 of Tehran's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 160 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 15 of Athens' 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
41 of its 233 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 17 of Brasilia's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
24 of its 49 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
20 of its 39 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Rwanda (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in South Africa (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in US (179 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in India (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); hypothermia in UK (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 15,313 stories about harm among 77,824 counted on 13 Dec.
In Rwanda's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 77,824 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 December 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Peru, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% 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 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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