We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
101 of its 107 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Bamako accounted for 68 of Mali's 101 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
330 of its 526 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Izmir accounted for 217 of Türkiye's 330 stories about harm, carried by 297 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (190 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
331 of its 521 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (163 stories). Train derailment was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
30 of its 97 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (22 stories). Extreme cold was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning.
178 of its 358 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Cairo accounted for 119 of Egypt's 178 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
106 of its 229 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Prague accounted for 103 of the Czechia's 106 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (101 stories).
324 of its 433 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 130 of Afghanistan's 324 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 79 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
224 of its 553 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
95 of its 449 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Austria (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Iceland (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Australia (103 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in U.S. Virgin Islands (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (35 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 25,075 stories about harm among 102,864 counted on 15 Apr.
Belgium's news mentioned extreme cold more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and Syria. of the day's 102,864 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Mali stood out: 94% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 66%. This week the news turned most often to Algeria, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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