We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
66 of its 175 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Buenos Aires accounted for 52 of Argentina's 66 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 38 of Buenos Aires' 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
376 of its 468 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Prague accounted for 360 of the Czechia's 376 stories about harm, carried by 823 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (293 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
74 of its 108 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Grindavik accounted for 51 of Iceland's 74 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with covid.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Train derailment was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
83 of its 159 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
90 of its 149 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
80 of its 145 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tehran accounted for 46 of Iran's 80 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of Islamabad's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
63 of its 118 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (53 stories).
20 of its 46 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in India (214 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in China (84 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 18,562 stories about harm among 101,317 counted on 21 Dec.
The news turned to Argentina for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 101,317 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Argentina, 38% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. A year earlier, on 21 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 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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