We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
45 of its 142 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Vienna accounted for 32 of Austria's 45 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
74 of its 157 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 20 of Tehran's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 99 of Palestine's 120 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Snowstorms were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 78 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
126 of its 239 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
50 of its 89 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
31 of its 55 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kivu accounted for 18 of Rwanda's 31 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
10 of its 25 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 5 of Minsk's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
180 of its 731 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (51 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in China (48 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Sri Lanka (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in UK (115 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Venezuela (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in Israel (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 14,275 stories about harm among 82,116 counted on 12 Dec.
In China's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 82,116 stories, as usual. Austria's news was 32% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. A year earlier, on 12 December 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 softer 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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