We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
201 of its 304 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Istanbul accounted for 152 of Türkiye's 201 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (128 stories). Building collapse was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 115 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Kiev accounted for 49 of Ukraine's 71 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. 44 of Kiev's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories).
56 of its 75 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tunis accounted for 53 of Tunisia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
35 of its 52 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Ebola was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with outbreaks and malaria. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
541 of its 1,727 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 91 of Xinjiang's 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
86 of its 152 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
264 of its 394 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 177 of Afghanistan's 264 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
59 of its 77 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Sofia accounted for 57 of Bulgaria's 59 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
234 of its 410 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Addis Ababa accounted for 207 of Ethiopia's 234 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
164 of its 291 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: storms in New Zealand (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Iraq (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Philippines (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in UK (122 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Brazil (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Feb. 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 19,806 stories about harm among 102,576 counted on 10 Feb.
It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Türkiye. of the day's 102,576 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. On 10 February 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today. In Türkiye, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Türkiye, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 19 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 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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