We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Jammu accounted for 67 of Kashmir's 118 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
59 of its 93 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 60 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 13 of Buenos Aires' 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
20 of its 22 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
22 of Riyadh's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
41 of its 62 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
49 of its 69 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Ramallah accounted for 27 of Palestine's 49 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets.
58 of its 112 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
15 of its 17 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flu in Ireland (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Russia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in China (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); polio in India (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in US (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 24,864 stories about harm among 67,530 counted on 25 Apr.
The news turned to Kashmir for the second day running. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 10 times their usual in Nepal's news. of the day's 67,530 news stories, 37 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 40. On 26 April 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 37 today.
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 harsher 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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