The news turned to protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), violence in Taipei and heavy rain in the United Arab Emirates. Taiwan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.
226 of its 490 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 176 of Bangladesh's 226 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. 143 of Dhaka's 176 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Train derailment was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
81 of its 241 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Taipei accounted for 67 of Taiwan's 81 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
39 of its 199 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms and flooding.
31 of its 123 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).
620 of its 1,910 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Sydney accounted for 346 of Australia's 620 stories about harm, carried by 568 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 25 of Syria's 67 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
illness in Venezuela (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Israel (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in US (158 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); plane crash in Canada (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in UK (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 14,354 stories about harm among 80,130 counted on 19 Dec.
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Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 80,130 stories, as usual. On 19 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.
18 in every 100 of the day's 80,130 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 17).
Bangladesh: 226 of its 490 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%.
Taiwan: 81 of its 241 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%.
United Arab Emirates: 39 of its 199 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%.
Portugal: 31 of its 123 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%.
Mentions of heavy rain ran about 6 times their usual in the United Arab Emirates' news.
Mentions of the hunger ran about 4 times their usual in Israel's news.
Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual.
A year earlier, on 19 December 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
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