We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
72 of its 95 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Quito accounted for 33 of Ecuador's 72 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (38 stories). Drought was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
20 of its 53 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
9 of Rio de Janeiro's 17 stories were about protests or strikes.
272 of its 387 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 179 of Palestine's 272 stories about harm, carried by 250 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Storms were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, heatwave and heatstroke. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
14 of its 25 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
Baghdad accounted for 58 of Iraq's 84 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (235 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Flooding was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides and heavy rain.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Greece (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in China (70 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in Bangladesh (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in India (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 Apr. 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 17,090 stories about harm among 98,355 counted on 22 Apr.
Ecuador's news mentioned the drought about 9 times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 98,355 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ecuador, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. On 23 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 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 17 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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