We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
127 of its 188 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 74 of Afghanistan's 127 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
123 of its 158 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Cyclone was named in 90 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding, storms and hurricane.
26 of its 29 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Montevideo accounted for 25 of Uruguay's 26 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
40 of its 56 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
63 of its 88 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Monrovia accounted for 41 of Liberia's 63 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories).
13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Cyclone was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and heavy rain. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 123 of Iran's 229 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
36 of its 42 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
82 of its 145 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
40 of its 86 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: plague in Egypt (37 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Tonga (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Israel (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Ukraine (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Iran (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 48,646 stories about harm among 120,393 counted on 8 Apr.
40 in every 100 of the day's 120,393 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 39. A year earlier, on 9 April 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 40 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 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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