We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
56 of its 149 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Copenhagen accounted for 35 of Denmark's 56 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
92 of its 153 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 35 of Iran's 92 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). Snowstorms were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold and storms.
18 of its 55 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%.
52 of its 101 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. the Red Sea accounted for 52 of Djibouti's 52 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
57 of its 183 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
37 of its 103 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Prague accounted for 33 of the Czechia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets.
6 of its 7 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 35 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
17 of its 67 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Indonesia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in France (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Canada (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in US (83 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 18,235 stories about harm among 103,409 counted on 15 Dec.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 2 October 2023. 18 in every 100 of the day's 103,409 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. For the second day running, the news turned to Denmark. Denmark stood out: 38% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. On 15 December 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, 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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