We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
64 of its 143 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Manama accounted for 42 of Bahrain's 64 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 32 of Manama's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
79 of its 141 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jeddah accounted for 52 of Saudi Arabia's 79 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
162 of its 409 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 90 of Russia's 162 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Damascus accounted for 31 of Syria's 54 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
48 of its 91 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Yerevan accounted for 37 of Armenia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 29 of Yerevan's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
61 of its 99 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tigray accounted for 45 of Ethiopia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
30 of its 68 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 75 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
167 of its 352 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Typhoon was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms, flooding and tropical storm.
35 of its 54 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flu in Ireland (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in US (67 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 Nov. 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 10,506 stories about harm among 42,415 counted on 11 Nov.
On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. On 12 November 2019, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 25 today. Bahrain's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. of the day's 42,415 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 27.
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 25 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 much 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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