We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
44 of its 54 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Guayaquil accounted for 25 of Ecuador's 44 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. 17 of Guayaquil's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
183 of its 355 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
77 of its 123 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Damascus accounted for 36 of Syria's 77 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
13 of its 14 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Volcanic eruption was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Yangon accounted for 44 of Myanmar's 85 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 44 of Yangon's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
51 of its 126 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Brussels accounted for 44 of Belgium's 51 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets.
25 of its 49 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
82 of its 207 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
17 of its 42 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
88 of its 224 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Nigeria (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Australia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 24,851 stories about harm among 101,010 counted on 25 Feb.
The news turned to Ecuador for the third day running. 25 in every 100 of the day's 101,010 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. In Vanuatu's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual. Ecuador stood out: 81% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%. A year earlier, on 26 February 2020, 22 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 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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