Sudan
68 of its 89 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful 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.
Most of the day's attention went to the drought in Sudan, protests in Yaounde (Cameroon) and violence in Mozambique. Mozambique's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.
Part of lifeHealth
80 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual
Country that rose mostSri Lanka
56 in 100 of its 205 stories, usually 45
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 →Cameroon
4 of Yaounde's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Mozambique
39 of its 49 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tonga
14 of its 16 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%.
6 more places the news pointed at
Lebanon
111 of its 193 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Beirut accounted for 71 of Lebanon's 111 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Romania
49 of its 98 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Yemen
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Israel
Jerusalem accounted for 204 of Israel's 357 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. Flu was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Sri Lanka
115 of its 205 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Colombo accounted for 57 of Sri Lanka's 115 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets.
Vietnam
158 of its 275 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (23 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Yemen (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Israel (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Kenya (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in Malaysia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); nipah virus in Nigeria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
37 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 41; 37 the day beforeStories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 45,703 stories about harm among 122,814 counted on 22 Apr.
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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 15 March 2020. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Yemen's news. of the day's 122,814 news stories, 37 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 41. A year earlier, on 23 April 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 37 today.
- 37 in every 100 of the day's 122,814 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 41).
- Sudan: 68 of its 89 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%.
- Cameroon: 4 of Yaounde's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
- Mozambique: 39 of its 49 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%.
- Tonga: 14 of its 16 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%.
- Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Yemen's news.
- Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in Sudan'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 15 March 2020.
- A year earlier, on 23 April 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 37 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Yemen81 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 74 · mostly health Sudan76 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 63 · mostly health Syria74 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines62 in 100 of its 757 stories · usually 65 · mostly healthCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Washington US434 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2531 Delhi India96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 567 Beijing China75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375 New York US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 776 Jerusalem Israel59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204Stories, 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
● Portapique Canada attacks & violence · 127 stories, 328 outlets ● Idlib Syria people displaced · 28 stories, 121 outlets ● Ciudad Juarez Mexico protests & strikes · 9 stories, 61 outlets ● Damascus Syria attacks & violence · 30 stories, 92 outlets ● Klinger Lake US accidents & disasters · 22 stories, 69 outlets ● Baalbek Lebanon people displaced · 13 stories, 83 outlets ● Yaounde Cameroon protests & strikes · 7 stories, 38 outlets ● Olympia US protests & strikes · 18 stories, 35 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health80% 36,558 stories · less than usual (usually 84%) Rights & justice6% 2,914 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents4% 1,976 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence3% 1,229 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 1,098 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 950 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 442 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 285 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 killed12,495 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,967 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,428 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill218 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting refugees215 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions118 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations110 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and IndiaStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
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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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