We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
22 of its 48 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 7 of Akaa's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
39 of its 128 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Riyadh accounted for 24 of Saudi Arabia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
51 of its 149 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
88 of its 130 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Gaza accounted for 62 of Palestine's 88 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 24 of Kashmir's 40 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 29 of Iran's 45 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 17 of Tehran's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 243 of Syria's 363 stories about harm, carried by 631 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of its 43 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
37 of its 94 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Zimbabwe (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Chile (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Israel (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 9,966 stories about harm among 57,359 counted on 14 Dec.
In Finland, 46% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 57,359 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 15 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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