We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
24 of its 32 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Thiaroye accounted for 24 of Senegal's 24 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
85 of its 152 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tbilisi accounted for 85 of Georgia's 85 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. 78 of Tbilisi's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
76 of its 223 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Drownings were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
58 of its 158 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
369 of its 435 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Aleppo accounted for 303 of Syria's 369 stories about harm, carried by 509 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
264 of its 603 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 67 of Islamabad's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
96 of its 272 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories).
54 of its 197 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
31 of its 165 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Natural hazards were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
11 of its 43 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (144 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); natural hazards in Saudi Arabia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 8,793 stories about harm among 50,037 counted on 1 Dec.
Senegal's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 50,037 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 2 December 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Laos, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 5 of them. Over November, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 in November 2023.
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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