We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
411 of its 531 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Prague accounted for 396 of the Czechia's 411 stories about harm, carried by 850 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (396 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 121 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Oudenaarde accounted for 33 of Belgium's 36 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
29 of its 145 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
38 of its 126 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
110 of its 189 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Poonch accounted for 66 of Kashmir's 110 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
44 of its 57 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
61 of its 197 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 231 of Palestine's 262 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. Hunger was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
19 of its 30 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Niamey accounted for 19 of Niger's 19 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets.
20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Germany (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Israel (162 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Palestine (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Russia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 16,872 stories about harm among 91,783 counted on 22 Dec.
The Czechia's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. of the day's 91,783 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Germany's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to the Czechia. A year earlier, on 22 December 2022, 21 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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