We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
75 of its 100 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Machu Picchu accounted for 65 of Peru's 75 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Accidents were named in 19 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.
Tehran accounted for 84 of Iran's 113 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 65 of Tehran's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
58 of its 145 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Istanbul accounted for 31 of Türkiye's 58 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories).
Dhaka accounted for 122 of Bangladesh's 157 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Moscow accounted for 67 of Russia's 114 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
20 of its 38 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
104 of its 287 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
15 of its 50 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
36 of its 63 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories).
68 of its 272 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (41 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Malaysia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (33 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 11,821 stories about harm among 63,288 counted on 31 Dec.
Peru stood out: 75% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 63,288 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 31 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 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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