We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
129 of its 185 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jammu accounted for 65 of Kashmir's 129 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
91 of its 148 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Morowali accounted for 62 of Indonesia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
133 of its 377 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories).
10 of its 18 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 3 of Pyongyang's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
32 of its 59 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Vienna accounted for 25 of Austria's 32 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
56 of its 125 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
14 of its 14 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 59 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Prague accounted for 32 of the Czechia's 33 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 44 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
8 of its 12 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (53 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in UK (42 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Canada (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in US (64 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 8,801 stories about harm among 46,369 counted on 24 Dec.
Australia's news mentioned flooding about three times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 46,369 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Kashmir, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. On 24 December 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to the Czechia, on 3 of 7 days.
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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