We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
895 of its 1,463 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Ankara accounted for 450 of Türkiye's 895 stories about harm, carried by 810 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Flooding was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
69 of its 124 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Quito accounted for 53 of Ecuador's 69 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 51 of Quito's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
134 of its 327 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dhaka accounted for 62 of Bangladesh's 134 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Snowstorms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with food poisoning.
Baghdad accounted for 65 of Iraq's 108 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 42 of Baghdad's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
420 of its 1,174 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (314 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 71 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 6 of Rabat's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
41 of its 178 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 12 of Oslo's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Storms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
19 of its 39 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 7 of Port-au-Prince's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
58 of its 272 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (82 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Indonesia (53 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); tuberculosis in France (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Norway (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 22,925 stories about harm among 129,185 counted on 10 Oct.
The news turned to Türkiye for the fifth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 129,185 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Japan's news mentioned the typhoon about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 10 October 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.
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 18 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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