We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
164 of its 250 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Plague was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
33 of its 42 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 7 of Khartoum's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
39 of its 64 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%.
120 of its 141 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Ramallah accounted for 97 of Palestine's 120 stories about harm, carried by 7 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
155 of its 198 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Jakarta accounted for 98 of Indonesia's 155 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
58 of its 108 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Plane crash was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
75 of its 154 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dubai accounted for 68 of the United Arab Emirates' 75 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
900 of its 1,532 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Polio was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
32 of its 44 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Tripoli accounted for 28 of Libya's 32 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Poland (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Brazil (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Russia (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Nigeria (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in US (70 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 40,434 stories about harm among 99,826 counted on 10 Apr.
Poland's news mentioned plane crash more than ten times as often as usual. 41 in every 100 of the day's 99,826 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 11 April 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 41 today. Kenya stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%.
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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