We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
201 of its 229 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Yangon accounted for 115 of Myanmar's 201 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. 111 of Yangon's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (123 stories). Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
144 of its 147 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Nzerekore accounted for 66 of Guinea's 144 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
154 of its 249 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Ankara accounted for 59 of Türkiye's 154 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
33 of its 77 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
112 of its 157 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 39 of Afghanistan's 112 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
40 of its 94 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 35 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Snowstorms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
331 of Delhi's 473 stories were about protests or strikes. Measles was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in New Zealand (99 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in US (936 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in Israel (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 20,602 stories about harm among 76,623 counted on 15 Feb.
For the second day running, the news turned to Myanmar. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 76,623 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual in New Zealand's news. On 16 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 27 today. Myanmar stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 62%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 27 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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