We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
62 of its 75 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Yangon accounted for 24 of Myanmar's 62 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 20 of Yangon's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
348 of its 776 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Peshawar accounted for 163 of Pakistan's 348 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
71 of its 201 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bucharest accounted for 50 of Romania's 71 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (23 stories). Avalanche was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with snowstorms and landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 41 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
3 of Brasilia's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Tehran accounted for 66 of Iran's 116 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. 40 of Tehran's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
19 of its 30 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Volcanic eruption was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 3 of Windhoek's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.
15 of its 32 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 4 of Havana's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Vanuatu (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Brazil (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (23 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hypothermia in US (54 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 15,927 stories about harm among 84,130 counted on 1 Feb.
Mentions of the avalanche ran about 7 times their usual in Kashmir's news. of the day's 84,130 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 1 February 2022, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Myanmar's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 57%. Over January, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 in January 2022.
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 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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