We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
166 of its 259 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Yangon accounted for 112 of Myanmar's 166 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (77 stories). Landslides were named in 109 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
144 of its 189 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Mirebalais accounted for 87 of Haiti's 144 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Chikungunya was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
197 of its 323 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Polio was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
1,300 of its 2,839 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 666 of Hanoi's 875 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
117 of its 199 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Phnom Penh accounted for 81 of Cambodia's 117 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 49 of Phnom Penh's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).
326 of its 513 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Hypothermia was named in 114 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with snowstorms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
868 of its 1,967 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
129 of Tehran's 187 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Wildfires were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
103 of its 131 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
899 of its 1,721 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (228 stories). Food poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with poisoning and extreme cold.
Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Malawi (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (114 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Peru (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Sri Lanka (57 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 May. 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 59,712 stories about harm among 298,922 counted on 24 May.
In Myanmar's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 298,922 stories, as usual. Myanmar's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%.
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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