We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
41 of its 45 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Yangon accounted for 29 of Myanmar's 41 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. 20 of Yangon's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories).
516 of its 988 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kyiv accounted for 188 of Ukraine's 516 stories about harm, carried by 336 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (338 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
81 of its 237 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
64 of its 94 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 29 of Palestine's 64 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).
376 of its 1,027 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 209 of Russia's 376 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (214 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 87 of Iran's 209 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 65 of Tehran's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
98 of its 188 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 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.
5 of its 5 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
7 of its 12 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Thailand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in India (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in UK (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 15,596 stories about harm among 83,440 counted on 17 Nov.
Thailand's news mentioned outbreaks about 4 times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 83,440 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 17 November 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Myanmar stood out: 91% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 64%.
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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