We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
329 of its 492 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Gaza accounted for 282 of Palestine's 329 stories about harm, carried by 480 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
56 of its 68 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Flooding was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and landslides.
73 of its 118 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Lima accounted for 37 of Peru's 73 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (51 stories).
25 of its 58 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 9 of the Bay of Pigs' 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).
63 of its 281 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
48 of its 159 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 12 of Copenhagen's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
7 of its 14 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 65 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
62 of its 289 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Tehran accounted for 33 of Iran's 62 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (180 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Greece (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Azerbaijan (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Kenya (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (39 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 20,770 stories about harm among 111,629 counted on 7 Dec.
Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in the Seychelles' news. of the day's 111,629 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Palestine stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 61%. A year earlier, on 7 December 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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