We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
168 of its 232 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Yangon accounted for 103 of Myanmar's 168 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. 103 of Yangon's 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 63 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 50 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Sanaa accounted for 25 of Yemen's 52 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
46 of its 62 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 24 of Haiti's 46 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. 21 of Port-au-Prince's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories).
42 of its 52 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 77 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 11 of Minsk's 18 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (523 stories). Avalanche was named in 255 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, heavy rain and earthquake.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in India (255 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in UK (86 of its stories, about three times its usual); hypothermia in Canada (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in US (64 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,951 stories about harm among 85,855 counted on 8 Feb.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 10 December 2020. In Morocco's news, mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Myanmar for the second day running. 24 in every 100 of the day's 85,855 news stories 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 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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