We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
717 of its 1,236 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Sokoto accounted for 185 of Nigeria's 717 stories about harm, carried by 382 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
163 of its 365 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Dhaka accounted for 62 of Bangladesh's 163 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Caracas accounted for 28 of Venezuela's 47 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 14 of Caracas' 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
125 of its 160 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Damascus accounted for 50 of Syria's 125 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
13 of its 18 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 4 of Conakry's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
57 of its 170 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories).
232 of its 397 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
84 of its 298 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories).
69 of its 259 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ukraine (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Russia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in US (174 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 9,361 stories about harm among 48,445 counted on 26 Dec.
19 in every 100 of the day's 48,445 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. A year earlier, on 26 December 2024, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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