We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
61 of its 76 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Yangon accounted for 47 of Myanmar's 61 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. 24 of Yangon's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
256 of its 401 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 127 of Afghanistan's 256 stories about harm, carried by 298 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (73 stories). Measles was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 36 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Minsk accounted for 74 of Belarus' 103 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tigray accounted for 57 of Ethiopia's 88 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
12 of its 21 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 4 of San Salvador's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
40 of its 75 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 10 of Havana's 16 stories were about protests or strikes.
22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 9 of Tunis' 17 stories were about protests or strikes.
Snowstorms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
9 of Warsaw's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Netherlands (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); norovirus in India (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in US (68 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 Nov. 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 20,304 stories about harm among 85,266 counted on 12 Nov.
Of the day's 85,266 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. On 12 November 2020, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 24 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 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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