We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
202 of its 271 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Khartoum accounted for 131 of Sudan's 202 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. 131 of Khartoum's 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
183 of its 248 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tripoli accounted for 170 of Libya's 183 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
155 of its 167 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Mitsero accounted for 101 of Cyprus' 155 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
146 of its 235 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jakarta accounted for 84 of Indonesia's 146 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Flooding was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
75 of its 157 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (66 stories). Avalanche was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 109 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 17 of Stockholm's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
89 of its 202 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 50 of Hong Kong Island's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
438 of its 452 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 85%. Pemba accounted for 340 of Mozambique's 438 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Hurricane was named in 277 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
1,569 of its 1,725 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Colombo accounted for 835 of Sri Lanka's 1,569 stories about harm, carried by 517 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
161 of its 205 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (67 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mozambique (277 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Switzerland (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Germany (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Brazil (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in France (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 22,785 stories about harm among 97,905 counted on 28 Apr.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 17 March 2019. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Sri Lanka. of the day's 97,905 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Mozambique's news mentioned the hurricane about 6 times as often as usual. This week the news turned most often to Algeria, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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 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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