We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
98 of its 128 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Yangon accounted for 48 of Myanmar's 98 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. 46 of Yangon's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (75 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
146 of its 495 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
52 of its 113 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
23 of its 40 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 55 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tbilisi accounted for 40 of Georgia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. 36 of Tbilisi's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
18 of its 22 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
19 of its 33 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dakar accounted for 17 of Senegal's 19 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Covid was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
108 of its 153 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 108 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
214 of its 901 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Accidents were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
18 of Yerevan's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Senegal (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Mexico (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dust storm in Guinea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Israel (22 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); accidents in Japan (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 25,643 stories about harm among 98,523 counted on 23 Feb.
It was the fifth day running that the news turned to Myanmar. of the day's 98,523 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Senegal's news mentioned Covid about three times as often as usual. On 24 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 26 today. In Myanmar, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 69% is usual.
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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