We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
50 of its 55 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Mamoudzou accounted for 46 of Mayotte's 50 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Natural hazards were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 67 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Sanaa accounted for 34 of Yemen's 45 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
357 of its 1,136 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
31 of its 84 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 13 of Monrovia's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
318 of its 868 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
95 of its 184 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tunis accounted for 14 of Tunisia's 19 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
15 of its 43 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 238 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
42 of its 74 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: malaria in Congo (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Israel (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Australia (27 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); bird flu in US (289 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 17,855 stories about harm among 99,882 counted on 19 Dec.
It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Mayotte. of the day's 99,882 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Congo's news mentioned the malaria about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 20 December 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Mayotte, 91% of the news was about people being harmed, where 78% is usual.
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 harsher than 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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