We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
31 of its 50 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 37 of Sudan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Train derailment was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
85 of its 303 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
64 of its 190 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Buenos Aires accounted for 44 of Argentina's 64 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets.
80 of its 188 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Covid was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Poisoning was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
Baghdad accounted for 31 of Iraq's 37 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 347 of Palestine's 394 stories about harm, carried by 498 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Russia (48 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cholera in Yemen (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Thailand (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Kenya (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Rwanda (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 17,724 stories about harm among 95,897 counted on 11 Dec.
In Russia's news, mentions of poisoning ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 95,897 stories, as usual. Zambia's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. A year earlier, on 11 December 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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 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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