We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
120 of its 152 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Algiers accounted for 112 of Algeria's 120 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 107 of Algiers' 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (80 stories).
454 of its 475 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 83%. Pemba accounted for 168 of Mozambique's 454 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Hurricane was named in 145 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon, power cuts and storm surge.
87 of its 342 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Earthquake was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
515 of its 1,284 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Earthquake was named in 95 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
134 of its 169 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
105 of its 217 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
130 of its 288 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
59 of its 114 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Heatwave was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatstroke.
36 of its 76 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
62 of its 256 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 11 of Oslo's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (40 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Antarctica (53 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in Cambodia (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in North Korea (60 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Ghana (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 36,531 stories about harm among 191,742 counted on 26 Apr.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 191,742 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Algeria stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. Mentions of drownings ran about 7 times their usual in Antarctica's news. On 26 April 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today.
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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