We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
225 of its 348 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Bucharest accounted for 127 of Romania's 225 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. 87 of Bucharest's 127 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).
51 of its 81 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Poipet accounted for 36 of Cambodia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 86 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
22 of its 33 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).
22 of its 27 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. la Paz accounted for 18 of Bolivia's 22 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. 17 of la Paz's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Kyiv accounted for 133 of Ukraine's 262 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 34 of Iran's 72 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 21 of Tehran's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 16 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
70 of its 134 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Covid was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
12 of its 25 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Indonesia (47 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Ukraine (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in UK (57 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in India (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 12,095 stories about harm among 55,450 counted on 30 Dec.
Romania's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 8%. of the day's 55,450 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Indonesia's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 30 December 2021, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 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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