We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
107 of its 137 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Poonch accounted for 68 of Kashmir's 107 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
191 of its 463 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
48 of its 115 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
73 of its 166 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 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.
47 of its 70 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Damascus accounted for 41 of Syria's 47 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 56 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
26 of its 46 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
37 of its 73 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. the Red Sea accounted for 37 of Djibouti's 37 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
198 of its 630 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Moscow accounted for 142 of Russia's 198 stories about harm, carried by 415 outlets. Poisoning was named in 66 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Russia (66 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Australia (58 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Ireland (33 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Mexico (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (110 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 8,563 stories about harm among 44,454 counted on 25 Dec.
Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 44,454 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Kashmir for the second day running. Mentions of poisoning ran about 5 times their usual in Russia's news. In Kashmir, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual.
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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