We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
243 of its 443 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Banjul accounted for 181 of the Gambia's 243 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 91 of Banjul's 181 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (154 stories). Landslides were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
484 of its 1,089 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Bangkok accounted for 361 of Thailand's 484 stories about harm, carried by 430 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (262 stories). Train derailment was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Aleppo accounted for 864 of Syria's 1,178 stories about harm, carried by 542 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (99 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
139 of its 192 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Dakar accounted for 135 of Senegal's 139 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (132 stories).
331 of its 719 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 54 of Dhaka's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Poisoning was named in 30 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.
105 of its 298 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
102 of its 307 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
324 of its 1,755 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 76 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 121 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Poland (68 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Namibia (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Japan (56 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in Trinidad & Tobago (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Brazil (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 57,326 stories about harm among 284,854 counted on 1 Dec.
It was the third day running that the news turned to the Gambia. of the day's 284,854 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the Gambia's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. Over November, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.
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 20 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 much softer 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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