We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
36 of its 57 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tbilisi accounted for 33 of Georgia's 36 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 28 of Tbilisi's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 26 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with covid.
150 of its 535 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Avalanche was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Aleppo accounted for 206 of Syria's 447 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
35 of its 43 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 48 of Palestine's 70 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 68 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
37 of its 75 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
20 of its 36 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Dhaka accounted for 66 of Bangladesh's 125 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 35 of Dhaka's 66 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (39 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Congo (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (142 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in US (344 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 17,234 stories about harm among 97,959 counted on 6 Dec.
Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 97,959 stories, as usual. On 7 December 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 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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