We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
232 of its 346 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Lusaka accounted for 204 of Zambia's 232 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. 170 of Lusaka's 204 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (200 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
814 of its 953 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 700 of Afghanistan's 814 stories about harm, carried by 523 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (572 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
157 of its 177 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Mpoko accounted for 145 of the Central African Republic's 157 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
489 of its 651 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Beirut accounted for 436 of Lebanon's 489 stories about harm, carried by 371 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (269 stories).
160 of its 240 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Skopje accounted for 155 of North Macedonia's 160 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. 138 of Skopje's 155 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (150 stories).
98 of its 201 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
269 of its 720 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
71 of its 150 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 32 of Sandeng's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
409 of its 1,049 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
76 of its 138 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 21 of Sittwe's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: accidents in Ukraine (103 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (350 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Uruguay (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); dengue in Angola (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Senegal (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 58,832 stories about harm among 302,350 counted on 20 Apr.
Zambia's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. In Pakistan's news, mentions of the polio ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 302,350 stories, below the usual 21.
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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