We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
96 of its 162 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Quito accounted for 69 of Ecuador's 96 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 66 of Quito's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
648 of its 1,155 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Ankara accounted for 328 of Türkiye's 648 stories about harm, carried by 615 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (199 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
42 of its 97 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Arouca accounted for 26 of Trinidad & Tobago's 42 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories).
6 of its 10 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
134 of its 289 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 32 of Dhaka's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Baghdad accounted for 87 of Iraq's 110 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 68 of Baghdad's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
405 of its 1,133 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (306 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Kabul accounted for 63 of Afghanistan's 157 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
19 of its 110 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Japan (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in France (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in US (394 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Russia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Oct. 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 21,930 stories about harm among 126,143 counted on 9 Oct.
For the third day running, the news turned to Ecuador. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 126,143 stories, below the usual 19. Mentions of the cholera ran about 5 times their usual in Yemen's news. A year earlier, on 9 October 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. Ecuador stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%.
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 17 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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