We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
241 of its 354 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Minsk accounted for 177 of Belarus' 241 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. 166 of Minsk's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
717 of its 1,201 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Moscow accounted for 311 of Russia's 717 stories about harm, carried by 568 outlets. Ebola was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with measles, hiv and polio.
45 of its 55 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 30 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
221 of Bengaluru's 323 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (172 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
25 of its 46 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
60 of its 90 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Baghdad accounted for 31 of Iraq's 60 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
105 of its 175 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
33 of its 49 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Bamako accounted for 28 of Mali's 33 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 26 of Bamako's 28 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in New Zealand (133 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Finland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in UK (289 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Brazil (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in Italy (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 Aug. 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 29,858 stories about harm among 105,753 counted on 12 Aug.
It was the third day running that the news turned to Belarus. of the day's 105,753 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 30. New Zealand's news mentioned outbreaks about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 13 August 2019, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today. In Belarus, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual.
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 28 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 about as 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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