We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
61 of its 107 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Zagreb accounted for 59 of Croatia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
179 of its 529 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kyiv accounted for 127 of Ukraine's 179 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
34 of its 60 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Outbreaks were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with ebola.
80 of its 241 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
311 of its 933 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (183 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
212 of its 809 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
233 of its 731 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
59 of its 222 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
53 of its 137 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
75 of its 97 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Mayotte (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Australia (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); rubella in South Africa (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); norovirus in Canada (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 16,608 stories about harm among 94,353 counted on 20 Dec.
In Croatia, 57% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 94,353 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 6 times their usual in Rwanda's news. On 21 December 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as 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 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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