We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Minsk accounted for 87 of Belarus' 117 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 78 of Minsk's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
36 of its 52 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reykjavik accounted for 30 of Iceland's 36 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 36 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 26 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 76 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (6 stories). Storm surge was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.
14 of its 20 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
149 of its 382 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
418 of its 763 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half 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 injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Poisoning was named in 146 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
161 of its 271 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Hong Kong Island accounted for 100 of Hong Kong's 161 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Russia (146 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Nigeria (160 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Cuba (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Somalia (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 29,464 stories about harm among 103,908 counted on 25 Aug.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 103,908 stories, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. For the second day running, the news turned to Belarus. Russia's news mentioned poisoning about 4 times as often as 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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