We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,018 of its 1,314 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Muan accounted for 483 of South Korea's 1,018 stories about harm, carried by 842 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (456 stories). Plane crash was named in 364 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
261 of its 485 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Moscow accounted for 199 of Russia's 261 stories about harm, carried by 668 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (185 stories). Plane crash was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
55 of its 202 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
101 of its 309 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 19 of Berlin's 27 stories were about protests or strikes.
69 of its 166 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Baku accounted for 52 of Azerbaijan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
371 of its 568 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Illness was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
44 of its 114 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
83 of its 120 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Gaza accounted for 61 of Palestine's 83 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
29 of its 108 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Damascus accounted for 70 of Syria's 115 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Israel (59 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Brazil (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (189 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 9,508 stories about harm among 42,772 counted on 29 Dec.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 8 October 2023. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 42,772 stories, above the usual 18. South Korea's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. In South Korea's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. This week the news turned most often to Mozambique, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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