We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
157 of its 268 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Sukhothai accounted for 75 of Thailand's 157 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (116 stories). Storms were named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding.
47 of its 112 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 9 of Amman's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
444 of its 1,618 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Extreme cold was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hypothermia. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 56 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
129 of its 251 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 56 of Iran's 129 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. 42 of Tehran's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
126 of its 323 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 70 of Malaysia's 126 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories).
51 of its 82 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 13 of Lima's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
73 of its 199 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
21 of its 34 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 9 of Khartoum's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.
64 of its 105 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (41 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Romania (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in US (110 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); accidents in UK (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 12,990 stories about harm among 65,363 counted on 19 Dec.
In Thailand's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 65,363 stories, as usual. Thailand's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. On 19 December 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 20 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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