We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
413 of its 621 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Moscow accounted for 363 of Russia's 413 stories about harm, carried by 735 outlets. 315 of Moscow's 363 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (288 stories). Extreme cold was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
42 of its 50 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Mogadishu accounted for 36 of Somalia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). 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.
62 of its 86 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain, storms and drownings.
61 of its 136 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Hanoi accounted for 44 of Vietnam's 61 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
28 of its 53 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 16 of Oslo's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
23 of its 28 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tunis accounted for 19 of Tunisia's 23 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
190 of its 379 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 117 of Israel's 190 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
181 of its 391 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
73 of its 168 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Aleppo accounted for 32 of Syria's 49 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). 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: illness in Hong Kong (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in China (38 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in US (267 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in India (63 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 Jan. 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 13,167 stories about harm among 46,278 counted on 31 Jan.
In Fiji's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 46,278 stories, above the usual 27. Russia's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%. A year earlier, on 1 February 2020, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today. This week the news turned most often to Poland, on 4 of 7 days.
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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