We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
135 of its 310 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 59 of Novi Sanzhary's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
333 of its 716 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Seoul accounted for 198 of South Korea's 333 stories about harm, carried by 538 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (110 stories). Road crashes were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
363 of its 1,096 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
80 of its 233 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
301 of its 515 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tehran accounted for 190 of Iran's 301 stories about harm, carried by 459 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 106 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tripoli accounted for 47 of Libya's 57 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
48 of its 81 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Train derailment was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
124 of its 262 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).
18 of its 35 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Indonesia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Singapore (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hiv in Kenya (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Australia (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Japan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 22,958 stories about harm among 114,541 counted on 21 Feb.
In Ukraine, 44% of the news was about people being harmed, where 11% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 114,541 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Ukraine. In Indonesia's news, mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 21 February 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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 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 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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