We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
456 of its 1,123 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Moscow accounted for 218 of Russia's 456 stories about harm, carried by 379 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (326 stories). Power cuts were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
19 of its 60 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 88 of Iran's 186 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 60 of Tehran's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 92 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
499 of its 677 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Przewodow accounted for 151 of Poland's 499 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (480 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
582 of its 1,014 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kyiv accounted for 260 of Ukraine's 582 stories about harm, carried by 647 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (435 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 39 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
17 of its 82 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
11 of its 32 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in South Korea (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Canada (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in South Africa (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in UK (20 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); landslides in US (31 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 15,574 stories about harm among 82,675 counted on 16 Nov.
In Canada's news, mentions of respiratory illness ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 82,675 stories, as usual. On 16 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 19 today. In Russia, 41% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual.
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 19 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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