We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
143 of its 281 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Salina Cruz accounted for 58 of Mexico's 143 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories). Train derailment was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
94 of its 180 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Yalova accounted for 73 of Türkiye's 94 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 38 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Paramaribo accounted for 25 of Suriname's 27 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Latakia accounted for 27 of Syria's 58 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 23 of Latakia's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
526 of its 1,133 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (76 stories). Road crashes were named in 130 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.
200 of its 584 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 264 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Tehran accounted for 54 of Iran's 76 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. 37 of Tehran's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
62 of its 210 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
9 of its 21 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Nigeria (130 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Spain (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); accidents in South Korea (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Canada (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 11,558 stories about harm among 59,691 counted on 29 Dec.
Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Mexico's news. of the day's 59,691 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. Mexico stood out: 51% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. On 29 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 22 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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