We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
106 of its 109 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Conakry accounted for 43 of Guinea's 106 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Ebola was named in 104 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
104 of its 121 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Yangon accounted for 79 of Myanmar's 104 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. 78 of Yangon's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
238 of its 578 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Tokyo accounted for 148 of Japan's 238 stories about harm, carried by 429 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (108 stories). Earthquake was named in 159 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with tsunami, landslides and heavy rain.
89 of its 145 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 48 of Kashmir's 89 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
63 of its 82 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Beirut accounted for 48 of Lebanon's 63 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
88 of its 149 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
33 of its 74 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
43 of its 94 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 16 of Bangkok's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories).
980 of its 3,023 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 147 of Delhi's 252 stories were about protests or strikes. Road crashes were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with measles.
378 of Washington's 722 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Snowstorms were named in 425 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with extreme cold, storms and hypothermia.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in US (425 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Russia (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); earthquake in Canada (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in India (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in UK (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 13,307 stories about harm among 45,987 counted on 14 Feb.
Guinea's news was 97% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. of the day's 45,987 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 26. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Guinea and the US. Mentions of Ebola ran about 6 times their usual in Guinea's news. On 15 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 29 today. This week the news turned most often to Myanmar, on 6 of 7 days.
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 much 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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