We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
528 of its 631 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mogadishu accounted for 249 of Somalia's 528 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (229 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
277 of its 462 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 250 of Venezuela's 277 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. 230 of Caracas' 250 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (87 stories).
219 of its 335 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (79 stories). Avalanche was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms.
184 of its 260 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 120 of Sudan's 184 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (110 stories).
152 of its 374 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 88 of Lantau's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
134 of its 183 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tripoli accounted for 82 of Libya's 134 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (62 stories).
656 of its 1,716 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Cyclone was named in 218 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with tropical storm.
8 of its 10 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
83 of its 315 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 58 of Buenos Aires' 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
364 of its 508 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 276 of Afghanistan's 364 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. Storms were named in 52 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Brazil (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (218 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Iran (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in South Korea (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 55,074 stories about harm among 261,059 counted on 6 Apr.
People falling ill were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US. of the day's 261,059 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Brazil's news mentioned the dengue more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. On 6 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 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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