We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
169 of its 329 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Riyadh accounted for 72 of Saudi Arabia's 169 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
142 of its 195 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Yangon accounted for 46 of Myanmar's 142 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 41 of Yangon's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories).
46 of its 103 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 34 of Afghanistan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
28 of its 43 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tigray accounted for 44 of Ethiopia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 59 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 38 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 7 of Manama's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
32 of its 79 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Czechia (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in New Zealand (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in UK (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 25,065 stories about harm among 100,698 counted on 11 Feb.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Saudi Arabia. of the day's 100,698 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. the Czechia's news mentioned outbreaks about 5 times as often as usual. On 12 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 25 today. In Saudi Arabia, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is 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 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 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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