We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
310 of its 667 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Dhaka accounted for 202 of Bangladesh's 310 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (160 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with covid. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 160 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Istanbul accounted for 43 of Türkiye's 71 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
179 of its 651 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Power cuts were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 102 of Iran's 121 stories about harm, carried by 325 outlets. 66 of Tehran's 102 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
72 of its 210 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
57 of its 321 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).
35 of its 87 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 22 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 37 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Nigeria (49 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Australia (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (29 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cyclone in US (67 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 12,815 stories about harm among 66,274 counted on 30 Dec.
Of the day's 66,274 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. A year earlier, on 30 December 2024, 21 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 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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