We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
224 of its 263 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Erbil accounted for 107 of Iraq's 224 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (153 stories). Outbreaks were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
246 of its 785 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Poisoning was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
63 of its 167 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
54 of its 65 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Damascus accounted for 35 of Syria's 54 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
97 of its 153 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
399 of its 1,125 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
93 of its 257 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Ankara accounted for 58 of Türkiye's 93 stories about harm, carried by 354 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 42 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
232 of its 630 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in US (157 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Palestine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in India (18 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 12,451 stories about harm among 65,736 counted on 26 Dec.
In Iraq, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 41% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 65,736 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 26 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 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?
Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.
Create a free accountSign in · a username, an email and a password.