We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
52 of its 56 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Guayaquil accounted for 39 of Ecuador's 52 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (38 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
79 of its 95 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Khartoum accounted for 69 of Sudan's 79 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. 68 of Khartoum's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Minsk accounted for 50 of Belarus' 59 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Extreme cold was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories). Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
49 of its 99 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 27 of Iran's 49 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. 18 of Tehran's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
19 of its 36 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 6 of Havana's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 84 of Afghanistan's 152 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
28 of Melbourne's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
76 of its 225 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories).
6 of its 10 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in New Zealand (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Australia (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in US (114 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in UK (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 12,326 stories about harm among 48,285 counted on 13 Nov.
Ecuador's news mentioned drownings more than ten times as often as usual. 26 in every 100 of the day's 48,285 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ecuador, 93% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. A year earlier, on 13 November 2020, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 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 26 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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