We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
257 of its 346 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Doha accounted for 226 of Qatar's 257 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. 166 of Doha's 226 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (183 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
138 of its 165 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Jasenovac accounted for 132 of Croatia's 138 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
120 of its 134 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Monrovia accounted for 106 of Liberia's 120 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
82 of its 83 stories (99%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Garamba accounted for 76 of the DR Congo's 82 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
757 of its 916 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Caracas accounted for 587 of Venezuela's 757 stories about harm, carried by 388 outlets. 552 of Caracas' 587 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
138 of its 266 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (79 stories). Earthquake was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
406 of its 624 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (207 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,325 of its 2,927 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (559 stories). Train derailment was named in 306 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
388 of its 1,249 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 66 of Berlin's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (148 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
762 of its 927 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Idlib accounted for 554 of Syria's 762 stories about harm, carried by 295 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Romania (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Armenia (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in France (306 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Ghana (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Netherlands (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 29,314 stories about harm among 127,118 counted on 22 Apr.
In Qatar, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 13% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 127,118 stories, as usual. Mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual in Romania's news. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Australia and the DR Congo.
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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