We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
186 of its 289 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Yangon accounted for 66 of Myanmar's 186 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. 57 of Yangon's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
55 of its 135 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Lisbon accounted for 40 of Portugal's 55 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 62 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 31 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Managua accounted for 18 of Nicaragua's 26 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. 16 of Managua's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).
114 of its 256 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 21 of Istanbul's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (50 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.
Moscow accounted for 279 of Russia's 437 stories about harm, carried by 383 outlets. 178 of Moscow's 279 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
88 of its 224 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories).
27 of its 69 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Uganda (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (122 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in China (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in US (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 26,102 stories about harm among 102,569 counted on 3 Feb.
In Uganda's news, mentions of HIV ran about 7 times their usual. On 4 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 25 today. Myanmar's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 49%. of the day's 102,569 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 27.
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 softer 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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