We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
359 of its 636 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kremlin accounted for 258 of Russia's 359 stories about harm, carried by 479 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Plane crash was named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
18 of its 29 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
10 of its 40 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
37 of its 126 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 6 of Bangkok's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
62 of its 77 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Sanaa accounted for 59 of Yemen's 62 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
47 of its 143 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Food poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought.
50 of its 110 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Snowstorms were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
320 of its 477 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
64 of its 111 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Kashmir (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Brazil (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in India (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (117 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 9,414 stories about harm among 47,884 counted on 28 Dec.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 10 October 2024. of the day's 47,884 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. Kashmir's news mentioned snowstorms more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Russia. In Russia, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% 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 much 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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