We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
42 of its 65 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Phnom Penh accounted for 36 of Cambodia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories). Hunger was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kathua accounted for 126 of Kashmir's 226 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 66 of Kathua's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
112 of its 249 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (21 stories). Poisoning was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
1,049 of its 4,428 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.
171 of its 445 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Yerevan accounted for 158 of Armenia's 171 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 142 of Yerevan's 158 stories were about protests or strikes.
293 of its 631 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
904 of Philadelphia's 1,405 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (351 stories). Tornadoes were named in 649 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts, food poisoning and heatstroke.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Drought was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
106 of Quetta's 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
103 of Beijing's 166 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Earthquake was named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Bangladesh (70 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Hungary (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Tanzania (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in China (76 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Kenya (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 40,526 stories about harm among 186,079 counted on 16 Apr.
Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in Cambodia's news. of the day's 186,079 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 16 April 2017, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Cambodia's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%.
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 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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