We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
237 of its 438 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 59 of Yangon's 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
543 of its 1,158 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (70 stories). House fires were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv and flu. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,217 of its 2,929 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Cairo accounted for 213 of Egypt's 323 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Drought was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding.
1,060 of its 1,756 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (446 stories). Wildfires were named in 109 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flu.
42 of its 76 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Brazzaville accounted for 38 of Congo's 42 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 37 of Brazzaville's 38 stories were about protests or strikes.
21 of its 81 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 14 of Almaty's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
Kabul accounted for 493 of Afghanistan's 717 stories about harm, carried by 340 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Ramallah accounted for 351 of Palestine's 469 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (238 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in India (238 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Germany (67 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Brazil (109 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Feb. 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 44,711 stories about harm among 226,008 counted on 1 Feb.
Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 226,008 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. Sudan's news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. Myanmar's news was 54% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%. Over January, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.
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 harsher 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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