We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
32 of its 48 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 7 of Yaounde's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 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.
21 of its 25 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Measles was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Damascus accounted for 35 of Syria's 80 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 23 of Damascus' 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
85 of its 133 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories).
23 of its 34 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Malaria was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
15 of its 16 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Plague was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: malaria in Madagascar (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Yemen (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Japan (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in UK (38 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 43,720 stories about harm among 117,936 counted on 23 Apr.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 15 March 2020. For the second day running, the news turned to Cameroon. Stories about people being harmed made up 37 in every 100 of the day's 117,936 stories, below the usual 41. Mentions of the malaria ran about 4 times their usual in Madagascar's news.
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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