We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
664 of its 955 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Yerevan accounted for 461 of Armenia's 664 stories about harm, carried by 280 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Hunger was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
99 of its 193 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 67 of Port-au-Prince's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (65 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
243 of its 405 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Minsk accounted for 216 of Belarus' 243 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (213 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
245 of its 624 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (156 stories). Tsunami was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
801 of its 1,543 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (452 stories). Norovirus was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with ebola.
851 of its 1,155 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Landslides were named in 198 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
23 of its 41 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 9 of Chisinau's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
371 of its 406 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Bujumbura accounted for 192 of Burundi's 371 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
813 of its 1,406 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 423 of Dhaka's 580 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
904 of its 2,218 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (306 stories). Norovirus was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Uganda (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Nepal (198 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Indonesia (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Palestine (96 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Venezuela (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 56,057 stories about harm among 289,105 counted on 25 Apr.
Haiti's news mentioned bridge collapse more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 289,105 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. In Armenia, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 47% is usual.
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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