We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Yangon accounted for 40 of Myanmar's 85 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 37 of Yangon's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Natural hazards were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
117 of its 218 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jammu accounted for 70 of Kashmir's 117 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Avalanche was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
89 of its 227 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Dubai accounted for 83 of the United Arab Emirates' 89 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets.
35 of its 49 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 11 of Algiers' 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories).
8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 8 of Libreville's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
41 of its 86 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 22 of Minsk's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
21 of Barcelona's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Marib accounted for 27 of Yemen's 45 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in US (1267 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Mexico (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 24,976 stories about harm among 96,035 counted on 19 Feb.
Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 96,035 stories, as usual. On 20 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 26 today.
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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