We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
67 of its 78 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Sanaa accounted for 30 of Yemen's 67 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
145 of its 179 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Afrin accounted for 77 of Syria's 145 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
41 of Beirut's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
8 of its 11 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%.
93 of its 133 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Jammu accounted for 53 of Kashmir's 93 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 83 of Afghanistan's 114 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Seoul accounted for 165 of South Korea's 273 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Hunger was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
67 of its 161 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Niger (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in North Korea (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Fiji (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Cuba (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Iran (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 44,036 stories about harm among 120,677 counted on 29 Apr.
36 in every 100 of the day's 120,677 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 40. In Niger's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 30 April 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 36 today. Yemen's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 74%.
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 much 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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