We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
44 of its 61 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Mandalay accounted for 32 of Myanmar's 44 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 101 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Alberto Fujimori accounted for 32 of Peru's 50 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories).
28 of its 50 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Landslides were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.
327 of its 819 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 113 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
379 of its 1,405 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 56 of Kashmir's 86 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 40 of Iran's 80 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of its 39 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories).
109 of its 301 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Romania (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in India (257 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in United Arab Emirates (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Australia (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in France (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Dec. 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 20,418 stories about harm among 111,648 counted on 6 Dec.
Romania's news mentioned Covid about 6 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 111,648 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Myanmar, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 55% is usual. On 6 December 2022, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 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 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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