We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
151 of its 189 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Hualien accounted for 96 of Taiwan's 151 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (14 stories). Train derailment was named in 103 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 64 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Illness was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
28 of its 33 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Yangon accounted for 24 of Myanmar's 58 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 24 of Yangon's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
61 of its 108 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bangkok accounted for 35 of Thailand's 61 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories).
50 of its 54 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 27 of Mozambique's 50 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 42 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
42 of its 47 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
46 of its 118 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories).
34 of its 47 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tigray accounted for 25 of Ethiopia's 34 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Singapore (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Australia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); overdoses in US (65 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 12,281 stories about harm among 45,765 counted on 3 Apr.
Taiwan's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. of the day's 45,765 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 26. the news turned to Taiwan for the second day running. A year earlier, on 3 April 2020, 40 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 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 much 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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