We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
78 of its 114 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tbilisi accounted for 76 of Georgia's 78 stories about harm, carried by 237 outlets. 73 of Tbilisi's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories).
352 of its 420 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Aleppo accounted for 337 of Syria's 352 stories about harm, carried by 618 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
862 of its 3,765 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Cyclone was named in 188 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, storms and hiv.
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Snowstorms were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
163 of its 302 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 94 of Bangladesh's 163 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 51 of Dhaka's 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories).
277 of its 673 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Islamabad accounted for 126 of Pakistan's 277 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 95 of Islamabad's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
337 of its 487 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
104 of its 259 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories).
50 of its 122 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories).
16 of its 26 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Israel (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in US (65 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 Nov. 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 9,694 stories about harm among 55,748 counted on 30 Nov.
Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 17 in every 100 of the day's 55,748 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Georgia. Georgia stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. A year earlier, on 1 December 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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 about as 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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