We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
372 of its 700 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Taipei accounted for 340 of Taiwan's 372 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (203 stories). Road crashes were named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
521 of its 874 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Cairo accounted for 433 of Egypt's 521 stories about harm, carried by 380 outlets. 314 of Cairo's 433 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
270 of its 316 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (147 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
500 of its 978 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (171 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
72 of its 103 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Punta Cana accounted for 66 of the Dominican Republic's 72 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories).
387 of its 844 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
99 of its 182 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
128 of its 274 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
57 of its 150 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 34 of Manama's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories).
225 of its 746 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Central African Republic (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in South Korea (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Thailand (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jersey (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in Ghana (37 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 Jan. 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 44,451 stories about harm among 211,464 counted on 25 Jan.
In Taiwan, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 8% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 211,464 stories, as usual. Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in the Central African Republic's news. People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Colombia.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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