Bangladesh
200 of its 269 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
The day's news pointed at refugees in Bangladesh, a disaster in Vanuatu and protests in Riga (Latvia). Cameroon's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.
Part of lifeHealth
83 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual
Country that rose mostBangladesh
74 in 100 of its 269 stories, usually 62
RegionEvery region
about as usual
Tone of the words
About as usual
across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →Vanuatu
Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Latvia
6 of Riga's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
Cameroon
32 of its 52 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
6 more places the news pointed at
Afghanistan
Kabul accounted for 45 of Afghanistan's 83 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Israel
Jerusalem accounted for 178 of Israel's 328 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Heavy rain was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding.
Canada
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Wildfires were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Ukraine
140 of its 234 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).
Guam
50 of its 81 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).
South Korea
277 of its 467 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Seoul accounted for 153 of South Korea's 277 stories about harm, carried by 402 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Israel (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in UK (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); hepatitis in India (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
38 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 41; 39 the day beforeStories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 46,198 stories about harm among 120,449 counted on 16 Apr.
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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 17 March 2020. Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Israel's news. On 17 April 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 38 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 38 in every 100 of the day's 120,449 stories, below the usual 41.
- 38 in every 100 of the day's 120,449 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 41).
- Bangladesh: 200 of its 269 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%.
- Vanuatu: Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
- Latvia: 6 of Riga's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
- Cameroon: 32 of its 52 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%.
- Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Israel's news.
- Mentions of wildfires ran about 4 times their usual in Canada's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual.
- It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 17 March 2020.
- A year earlier, on 17 April 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 38 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Bangladesh74 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Yemen74 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 73 · mostly health Cuba71 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Libya71 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 66 · mostly health Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 67 · mostly healthCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Washington US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2086 Wuhan China70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 867 Michigan US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Hollywood US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 307 Leelanau County US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54Stories, not people.
Where it happened
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Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Leelanau County US protests & strikes · 54 stories, 266 outlets ● Chattanooga US accidents & disasters · 32 stories, 107 outlets ● Luhansk Ukraine attacks & violence · 13 stories, 64 outlets ● Langkawi Malaysia people displaced · 5 stories, 63 outlets ● Teknaf Bangladesh accidents & disasters · 33 stories, 44 outlets ● La Loche Canada deaths, cause not given · 10 stories, 27 outlets ● Kabul Afghanistan attacks & violence · 45 stories, 45 outlets ● Juarez Mexico protests & strikes · 9 stories, 16 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health83% 38,075 stories · about as usual Rights & justice6% 2,619 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents4% 1,797 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 970 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence2% 933 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 753 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 531 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 309 stories · about as usualOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed12,675 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,085 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,966 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,438 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees264 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Malaysia Stories reporting evacuations161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions106 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the USStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
harshwarm
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as 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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