We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
177 of its 285 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (49 stories). Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
122 of its 182 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Jammu accounted for 65 of Kashmir's 122 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 24 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 7 of Yangon's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
39 of its 64 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%.
74 of its 130 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Brussels accounted for 59 of Belgium's 74 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Tripoli accounted for 36 of Libya's 46 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). HIV was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tuberculosis and hunger. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Wuhan accounted for 1,178 of China's 2,368 stories about harm, carried by 1,392 outlets. Flooding was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 17 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hiv in Nigeria (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Canada (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in China (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in India (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in US (27 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 44,119 stories about harm among 114,926 counted on 17 Apr.
Mentions of storms ran about 4 times their usual in Ukraine's news. On 18 April 2019, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 38 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 38 in every 100 of the day's 114,926 stories, below the usual 41. Ukraine's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%.
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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