We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
94 of its 248 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Gramado accounted for 50 of Brazil's 94 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Plane crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bridge collapse.
25 of its 55 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Pyongyang accounted for 20 of North Korea's 25 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
159 of its 480 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
52 of its 71 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 13 of Maputo's 18 stories were about protests or strikes.
202 of its 622 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of its 25 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 45 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sanaa accounted for 17 of Yemen's 34 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Cyclone was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 92 of Palestine's 120 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 132 of Syria's 201 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Panama (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in France (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Kashmir (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Italy (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Cuba (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 13,666 stories about harm among 75,532 counted on 23 Dec.
In Panama's news, mentions of the drought ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 75,532 stories, as usual. Brazil's news was 38% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. A year earlier, on 24 December 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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