We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
448 of its 652 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Prague accounted for 431 of the Czechia's 448 stories about harm, carried by 734 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (443 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
120 of its 174 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bucharest accounted for 110 of Romania's 120 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
144 of its 360 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 23 of Rio de Janeiro's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
31 of its 87 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
316 of its 455 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Cairo accounted for 186 of Egypt's 316 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
69 of its 91 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Bamako accounted for 52 of Mali's 69 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 4,542 of Syria's 5,695 stories about harm, carried by 2,117 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Typhoon was named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
61 of its 68 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Quito accounted for 47 of Ecuador's 61 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories).
44 of its 98 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
626 of its 983 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 196 of Gaza's 275 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (418 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Malaysia (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Canada (68 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Trinidad & Tobago (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (806 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 30,719 stories about harm among 121,937 counted on 14 Apr.
In the Czechia, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Malaysia's news. of the day's 121,937 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above 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 harsher 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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