We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
56 of its 88 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tigray accounted for 27 of Ethiopia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
90 of its 193 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 18 of Hong Kong's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
61 of its 175 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
262 of its 841 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Paris accounted for 156 of France's 262 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
81 of its 101 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 37 of Mozambique's 81 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Polio was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Yangon accounted for 49 of Myanmar's 83 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. 43 of Yangon's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
39 of its 83 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 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.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ghana (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); polio in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Nigeria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 22,788 stories about harm among 94,105 counted on 1 Apr.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 5 November 2020. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 94,105 stories, below the usual 26. Mentions of power cuts ran about 9 times their usual in Ghana's news. A year earlier, on 1 April 2020, 40 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. Ethiopia stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 54%. Over March, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 35 in March 2020.
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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