We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
936 of its 1,494 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Cholera was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
22 of its 25 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 3 of Djibo's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
18 of its 21 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Cyclone was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
315 of its 531 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jerusalem accounted for 169 of Israel's 315 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
501 of its 776 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 55 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Guayaquil accounted for 29 of Ecuador's 37 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
106 of its 212 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
478 of its 1,070 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
70 of its 166 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
414 of its 842 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Yemen (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cyclone in Zimbabwe (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); tuberculosis in France (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Africa (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Australia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 48,242 stories about harm among 119,557 counted on 3 Apr.
In the Solomon Islands' news, mentions of the cyclone ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 40 in every 100 of the day's 119,557 stories, above the usual 37. A year earlier, on 4 April 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 40 today. In Nigeria, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% 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 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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