We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Dhaka accounted for 50 of Bangladesh's 90 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Train derailment was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 224 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
8 of its 19 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 3 of Tirana's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Kyiv accounted for 201 of Ukraine's 385 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (166 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 285 of Palestine's 356 stories about harm, carried by 408 outlets. Meningitis was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
91 of its 256 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Buenos Aires accounted for 43 of Argentina's 91 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets.
27 of its 74 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 3 of Medellin's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
26 of its 66 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
252 of its 746 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of its 26 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. the Red Sea accounted for 11 of Djibouti's 12 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Australia (81 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Kenya (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Philippines (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 20,159 stories about harm among 113,138 counted on 13 Dec.
Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Bangladesh's news. of the day's 113,138 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 13 December 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today. Bangladesh's news was 34% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%.
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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