We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
145 of its 251 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Bangkok accounted for 61 of Thailand's 145 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 56 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 16 of Dar es Salaam's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
269 of its 849 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories). Earthquake was named in 194 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami.
34 of its 73 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
92 of its 114 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Darfur accounted for 40 of Sudan's 92 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 90 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
167 of its 301 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jakarta accounted for 89 of Indonesia's 167 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories).
26 of its 59 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Vilnius accounted for 22 of Lithuania's 26 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
29 of its 49 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (20 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in US (33 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 15,005 stories about harm among 85,925 counted on 9 Dec.
For the second day running, the news turned to Thailand. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 85,925 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual in Japan's news. In Thailand, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 9 December 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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 about as 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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