We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
128 of its 197 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Tigray accounted for 103 of Ethiopia's 128 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
40 of its 107 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
15 of its 38 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
19 of its 35 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
85 of its 235 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (7 stories).
45 of its 60 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Yangon accounted for 21 of Myanmar's 45 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets.
15 of its 16 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 50 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Natural hazards were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Ghana (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Japan (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 22,384 stories about harm among 92,976 counted on 10 Nov.
The news turned to Ethiopia for the fifth day running. 24 in every 100 of the day's 92,976 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ethiopia, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 59% is usual.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its 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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