We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
216 of its 416 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Dhaka accounted for 85 of Bangladesh's 216 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 47 of Dhaka's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
112 of its 330 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Riyadh accounted for 95 of Saudi Arabia's 112 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Drought was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
31 of its 101 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Aleppo accounted for 267 of Syria's 336 stories about harm, carried by 381 outlets. Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
63 of its 111 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tbilisi accounted for 59 of Georgia's 63 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. 56 of Tbilisi's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 54 of Lebanon's 82 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
53 of its 173 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).
118 of its 373 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).
66 of its 146 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
40 of its 227 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Respiratory illness was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Qatar (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (126 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in New Zealand (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in China (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 17,777 stories about harm among 103,837 counted on 3 Dec.
Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 103,837 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 4 December 2023, 18 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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