We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
271 of its 303 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Managua accounted for 238 of Nicaragua's 271 stories about harm, carried by 300 outlets. 167 of Managua's 238 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (266 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
376 of its 648 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (178 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
818 of its 1,122 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Damascus accounted for 663 of Syria's 818 stories about harm, carried by 488 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (287 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
70 of its 110 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
272 of its 455 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Yerevan accounted for 260 of Armenia's 272 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. 239 of Yerevan's 260 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (222 stories).
53 of its 85 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Antananarivo accounted for 49 of Madagascar's 53 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 49 of Antananarivo's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories).
44 of its 78 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
39 of its 71 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
193 of its 482 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
87 of its 211 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 63 of Budapest's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: house fires in Brazil (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Bahrain (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Korea (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Japan (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (19 of its stories, about three 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 29,095 stories about harm among 122,190 counted on 21 Apr.
People falling ill were reported at about 9 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. 24 in every 100 of the day's 122,190 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. In Brazil's news, mentions of house fires ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Nicaragua for the third day running. Nicaragua's news was 89% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%.
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 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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