We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
343 of its 426 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Raqqa accounted for 128 of Syria's 343 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. 70 of Raqqa's 128 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (226 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
2,201 of its 2,581 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Colombo accounted for 1,609 of Sri Lanka's 2,201 stories about harm, carried by 964 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (99 stories). Extreme cold was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
391 of its 960 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (170 stories). Plane crash was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
306 of its 339 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 84%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Tropical storm was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storm surge, typhoon and hurricane.
67 of its 96 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Algiers accounted for 53 of Algeria's 67 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. 47 of Algiers' 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories).
50 of its 166 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 31 of Prague's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought.
214 of its 293 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Tripoli accounted for 200 of Libya's 214 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
484 of its 1,054 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (97 stories). Earthquake was named in 80 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
119 of its 233 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Anantnag accounted for 83 of Kashmir's 119 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
121 of its 196 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Nepal (61 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Czechia (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (119 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Africa (114 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in North Korea (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 40,028 stories about harm among 203,702 counted on 25 Apr.
Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 203,702 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Nepal's news mentioned the earthquake about 6 times as often as usual. Syria's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 61%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 20 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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