We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
61 of its 82 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tigray accounted for 47 of Ethiopia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Hunger was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 5 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.
27 of its 31 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Cyclone was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 54 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Batken accounted for 25 of Kyrgyzstan's 35 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
131 of Ottawa's 185 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
20 of its 30 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 26 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Dhaka accounted for 30 of Bangladesh's 59 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 19 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.
89 of its 118 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 68 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Kiribati (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Peru (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Malawi (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Sri Lanka (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 Jan. 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 20,790 stories about harm among 83,945 counted on 28 Jan.
Mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual in Kiribati's news. of the day's 83,945 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 28. Ethiopia stood out: 74% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 57%. A year earlier, on 28 January 2021, 26 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.
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 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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