We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
242 of its 260 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Yangon accounted for 179 of Myanmar's 242 stories about harm, carried by 401 outlets. 176 of Yangon's 179 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (126 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
33 of its 39 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
48 of its 63 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tigray accounted for 43 of Ethiopia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. 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.
32 of its 49 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories).
138 of its 288 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Riyadh accounted for 83 of Saudi Arabia's 138 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
53 of its 108 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 24 of Sam Cheung's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (37 stories).
11 of its 16 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 6 of Almaty's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
8 of its 17 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 3 of Ndjamena's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
15 of Barcelona's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
88 of its 152 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Bangkok accounted for 74 of Thailand's 88 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Italy (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Israel (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in UK (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in US (52 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 12,380 stories about harm among 44,218 counted on 28 Feb.
The news turned to Myanmar for the third day running. 28 in every 100 of the day's 44,218 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 26. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and the US. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Yemen's news. This week the news turned most often to Myanmar, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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