We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
159 of its 193 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Yangon accounted for 85 of Myanmar's 159 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. 83 of Yangon's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 76 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tripoli accounted for 35 of Libya's 41 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories).
67 of its 171 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
107 of its 190 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
151 of its 486 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
266 of its 860 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Earthquake was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Algiers accounted for 19 of Algeria's 24 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. 16 of Algiers' 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).
35 of Barcelona's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
55 of its 99 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Gaza accounted for 28 of Palestine's 55 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets.
Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in New Zealand (58 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Mexico (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Cambodia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Israel (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 21,711 stories about harm among 84,093 counted on 22 Feb.
The news turned to Myanmar for the fourth day running. 26 in every 100 of the day's 84,093 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 23 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 26 today. Myanmar stood out: 82% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 68%.
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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