We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
50 of its 73 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kibo accounted for 19 of Tanzania's 50 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
82 of its 191 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Istanbul accounted for 41 of Türkiye's 82 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (44 stories).
14 of its 45 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of its 54 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
91 of its 247 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Power cuts were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
132 of its 429 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Moscow accounted for 72 of Russia's 132 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
38 of its 161 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
65 of its 236 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).
8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
25 of its 90 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Brazil (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Israel (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Palestine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (125 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 7,182 stories about harm among 39,251 counted on 25 Dec.
Tanzania stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 39,251 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ukraine's news, mentions of power cuts ran about three times their usual. On 25 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 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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