We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
215 of its 434 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dhaka accounted for 129 of Bangladesh's 215 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. 86 of Dhaka's 129 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
67 of its 137 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Taipei accounted for 64 of Taiwan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 83 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
83 of its 250 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories).
96 of its 258 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Adiala accounted for 66 of Pakistan's 152 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
164 of its 211 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
14 of its 47 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
54 of its 161 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
12 of its 35 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in India (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in US (48 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 8,676 stories about harm among 48,009 counted on 20 Dec.
Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in India's news. of the day's 48,009 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Bangladesh for the second day running. Bangladesh's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. On 20 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, 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 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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