We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
5,137 of its 8,419 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Paris accounted for 4,559 of France's 5,137 stories about harm, carried by 1,921 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (3,521 stories). Drownings were named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
128 of its 244 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Doha accounted for 119 of Qatar's 128 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. 92 of Doha's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
97 of its 189 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Storms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
38 of its 99 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
1,173 of its 1,739 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 571 of Caracas' 679 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
210 of its 242 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tunis accounted for 205 of Tunisia's 210 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (202 stories).
92 of its 160 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 36 of Yaounde's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories).
160 of its 289 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Lima accounted for 143 of Peru's 160 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).
148 of its 285 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
460 of its 567 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (227 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: plague in Puerto Rico (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Norway (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Argentina (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Türkiye (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in South Sudan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 54,599 stories about harm among 247,042 counted on 21 Apr.
Mentions of the plague ran more than ten times their usual in Puerto Rico's news. of the day's 247,042 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to France for the second day running. France's news was 61% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. A year earlier, on 21 April 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 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 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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