We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
73 of its 111 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tigray accounted for 57 of Ethiopia's 73 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
207 of its 314 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Manila accounted for 90 of the Philippines' 207 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Typhoon was named in 157 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, cyclone and storms.
45 of its 70 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
192 of its 466 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 22 of Lagos' 43 stories were about protests or strikes. 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.
89 of its 142 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jeddah accounted for 42 of Saudi Arabia's 89 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
78 of its 262 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
12 of Yerevan's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. 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.
79 of its 218 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
18 of its 41 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 50 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 5 of Manama's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: flu in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); helicopter crash in Israel (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in US (90 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flu in India (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in UK (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 10,564 stories about harm among 40,226 counted on 12 Nov.
Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 26 in every 100 of the day's 40,226 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 13 November 2019, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 26 today. Ethiopia stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%.
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 26 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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