We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
62 of its 85 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Totota accounted for 38 of Liberia's 62 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
62 of its 229 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Heatstroke was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
401 of its 1,292 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Illness was named in 76 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 146 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
75 of its 185 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
36 of its 47 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Sanaa accounted for 28 of Yemen's 36 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
85 of its 414 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
50 of its 228 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
293 of its 435 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Gaza accounted for 237 of Palestine's 293 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
195 of its 532 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Road crashes were named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in South Africa (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Ireland (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in UK (107 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 16,050 stories about harm among 80,997 counted on 28 Dec.
Liberia's news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. of the day's 80,997 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. A year earlier, on 28 December 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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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