We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
146 of its 303 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Ankara accounted for 114 of Türkiye's 146 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (97 stories). Heavy rain was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
176 of its 530 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Moscow accounted for 116 of Russia's 176 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 181 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Hepatitis was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
130 of its 371 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kyiv accounted for 69 of Ukraine's 130 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
38 of its 146 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
82 of its 345 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
19 of its 45 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).
49 of its 200 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Taiwan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Singapore (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (29 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in US (106 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 11,590 stories about harm among 62,107 counted on 24 Dec.
People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 62,107 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Taiwan's news. In Türkiye, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. On 24 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 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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