We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
570 of its 1,222 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Moscow accounted for 418 of Russia's 570 stories about harm, carried by 613 outlets. 277 of Moscow's 418 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (232 stories). Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
85 of its 130 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 51 of Afghanistan's 85 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
60 of its 137 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bucharest accounted for 39 of Romania's 60 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).
27 of its 75 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
250 of its 383 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Yangon accounted for 104 of Myanmar's 250 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 83 of Yangon's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
125 of its 302 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 31 of Istanbul's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
34 of its 49 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
53 of its 170 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
43 of Alexandria's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
330 of its 786 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in UK (190 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Myanmar (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Australia (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in US (322 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in Canada (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Feb. 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 25,807 stories about harm among 101,256 counted on 2 Feb.
25 in every 100 of the day's 101,256 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 27. A year earlier, on 3 February 2020, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.
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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