We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
117 of its 127 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tripoli accounted for 29 of Libya's 117 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (101 stories). Drownings were named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
33 of its 112 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
43 of its 74 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
6 of its 15 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 4 of Minsk's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
25 of its 53 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. the Red Sea accounted for 25 of Djibouti's 25 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tel Aviv accounted for 324 of Israel's 1,088 stories about harm, carried by 757 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 158 of Palestine's 205 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Covid was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 49 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
46 of its 180 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
Jammu accounted for 18 of Kashmir's 29 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (54 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Palestine (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in US (112 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 9,517 stories about harm among 50,065 counted on 17 Dec.
In Libya, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 50,065 stories, as usual. Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Libya's news. A year earlier, on 17 December 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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 much harsher 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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