We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
77 of its 115 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Tigray accounted for 50 of Ethiopia's 77 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. 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.
46 of its 143 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
40 of its 100 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).
18 of its 31 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Storms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with cyclone.
37 of its 120 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Bucharest accounted for 27 of Romania's 37 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).
Jerusalem accounted for 100 of Israel's 213 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
13 of its 33 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Poisoning was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts and food poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Snowstorms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
5 of Ouagadougou's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Denmark (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Brazil (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Ireland (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Ghana (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (43 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Dec. 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 23,025 stories about harm among 91,090 counted on 2 Dec.
Mentions of snowstorms ran more than ten times their usual in Denmark's news. of the day's 91,090 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ethiopia stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 59%. On 2 December 2020, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, the same as 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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