We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
537 of its 970 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kyiv accounted for 264 of Ukraine's 537 stories about harm, carried by 698 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (400 stories). Illness was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
52 of its 109 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Plane crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
69 of its 186 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
57 of Moscow's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
273 of its 361 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Gaza accounted for 226 of Palestine's 273 stories about harm, carried by 345 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 61 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 188 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories).
40 of its 137 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (32 stories).
49 of its 138 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
29 of its 108 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories).
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in France (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in UK (80 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Australia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 15,281 stories about harm among 77,951 counted on 29 Dec.
In France's news, mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 77,951 stories, as usual. Ukraine's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. A year earlier, on 29 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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