We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
79 of its 129 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kathmandu accounted for 72 of Nepal's 79 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Poisoning was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
52 of its 107 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jammu accounted for 25 of Kashmir's 52 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
23 of its 45 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
497 of its 1,563 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Extreme cold was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts, flooding and heavy rain.
283 of its 724 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Paris accounted for 225 of France's 283 stories about harm, carried by 484 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (160 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 32 of Iran's 65 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 20 of Tehran's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 45 of Afghanistan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 27 of Kabul's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
18 of its 21 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
20 of its 59 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).
5 of its 11 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (16 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Ireland (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in US (349 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in Ukraine (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in China (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 14,209 stories about harm among 63,935 counted on 23 Dec.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 4 September 2022. 22 in every 100 of the day's 63,935 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. For the third day running, the news turned to Nepal. Nepal's news mentioned poisoning about 5 times as often as usual. Nepal's news was 61% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%.
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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