We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
109 of its 163 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kabul accounted for 73 of Afghanistan's 109 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tbilisi accounted for 18 of Georgia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. 16 of Tbilisi's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
47 of its 204 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
8 of its 12 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
47 of its 68 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 37 of Haiti's 47 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
56 of its 72 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 454 of Syria's 802 stories about harm, carried by 439 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
51 of its 192 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories).
20 of its 58 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Malaria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: malaria in Congo (13 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Philippines (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Canada (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 18,027 stories about harm among 103,051 counted on 11 Dec.
In Congo's news, mentions of the malaria ran about 10 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 103,051 stories, as usual. Afghanistan's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%. A year earlier, on 12 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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