We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
339 of its 416 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Khartoum accounted for 303 of Sudan's 339 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. 291 of Khartoum's 303 stories were about protests or strikes. Accidents were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
754 of its 1,099 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tripoli accounted for 724 of Libya's 754 stories about harm, carried by 658 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (281 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
309 of its 351 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Sanaa accounted for 253 of Yemen's 309 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Cholera was named in 204 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
218 of its 259 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. San Salvador accounted for 193 of el Salvador's 218 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (200 stories).
398 of its 520 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 266 of Afghanistan's 398 stories about harm, carried by 302 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (274 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
1,486 of its 1,715 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 1,020 of Iran's 1,486 stories about harm, carried by 782 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
13 of its 20 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
89 of its 340 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 38 of Warsaw's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories).
205 of its 515 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 67 of Brumadinho's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (95 stories).
512 of its 1,522 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (192 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Nepal (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Mozambique (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Latvia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Malaysia (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Malawi (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 34,990 stories about harm among 178,101 counted on 8 Apr.
Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 178,101 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Yemen's news mentioned the cholera about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 8 April 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Sudan, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 64% is usual.
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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