We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
132 of its 142 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 83%. Yangon accounted for 93 of Myanmar's 132 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. 89 of Yangon's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
372 of its 1,378 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Tsunami was named in 216 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
98 of its 143 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 66 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Phnom Penh accounted for 21 of Cambodia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 33 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Dakar accounted for 16 of Senegal's 22 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. 14 of Dakar's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
98 of its 186 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 28 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
74 of its 125 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tigray accounted for 40 of Ethiopia's 74 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).
13 of its 41 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Cairo accounted for 45 of Egypt's 65 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Haiti (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in UK (48 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in China (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 Mar. 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 25,886 stories about harm among 99,427 counted on 11 Mar.
In Japan's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 99,427 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 11 March 2020, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. In Myanmar, 93% of the news was about people being harmed, where 83% is usual.
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 26 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 softer 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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