We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
79 of its 83 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Gisuru accounted for 55 of Burundi's 79 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
165 of its 412 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 59 of Handwara's 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
209 of its 370 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
417 of its 618 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Beirut accounted for 347 of Lebanon's 417 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (175 stories).
601 of its 760 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 407 of Afghanistan's 601 stories about harm, carried by 324 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
148 of its 354 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
155 of its 263 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 40 of Caracas' 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (113 stories).
25 of its 64 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
78 of its 128 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
111 of its 159 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: ebola in Brazil (126 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Cameroon (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in India (325 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); polio in Yemen (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 Apr. 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 49,178 stories about harm among 253,129 counted on 12 Apr.
In Brazil's news, mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 253,129 stories, below the usual 21. Burundi's news was 95% about people being harmed, against a usual 69%.
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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