We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
116 of its 155 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Prague accounted for 112 of the Czechia's 116 stories about harm, carried by 390 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
169 of its 575 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning.
13 of its 15 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 10 of Bamako's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Heatwave was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
108 of its 194 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jammu accounted for 59 of Kashmir's 108 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
22 of its 22 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
51 of its 133 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 34 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 197 of Palestine's 251 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets. Hunger was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 50 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Israel (99 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Palestine (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Switzerland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in UK (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in India (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 10,702 stories about harm among 56,768 counted on 23 Dec.
For the third day running, the news turned to the Czechia. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 56,768 stories, as usual. the Czechia's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 39%. A year earlier, on 23 December 2022, 22 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 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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