We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
109 of its 173 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tbilisi accounted for 106 of Georgia's 109 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. 100 of Tbilisi's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
67 of its 253 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Riyadh accounted for 55 of Saudi Arabia's 67 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Drought was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.
483 of its 604 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Aleppo accounted for 416 of Syria's 483 stories about harm, carried by 578 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Philippine accounted for 129 of the Philippines' 227 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
71 of its 252 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain.
10 of its 23 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 68 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
185 of its 367 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Dhaka accounted for 83 of Bangladesh's 185 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets.
14 of its 23 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
104 of its 356 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (160 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Greece (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in New Zealand (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Thailand (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 15,181 stories about harm among 90,698 counted on 2 Dec.
For the fourth day running, the news turned to Georgia. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 90,698 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. In Saudi Arabia's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 3 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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