We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
177 of its 503 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (132 stories). HIV was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
195 of its 439 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kyiv accounted for 130 of Ukraine's 195 stories about harm, carried by 433 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 45 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 14 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 6 of la Paz's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
76 of its 109 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Bucharest accounted for 40 of Romania's 76 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories).
21 of its 33 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 17 of Lebanon's 21 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
25 of its 77 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
400 of its 1,004 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
49 of its 208 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 26 of Kashmir's 35 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Australia (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in India (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in China (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in UK (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in US (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 8,492 stories about harm among 38,606 counted on 31 Dec.
In Australia's news, mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual. On 31 December 2021, a year earlier, the share was 31 in every 100, against 22 today. Germany's news was 35% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 38,606 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.
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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