We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
135 of its 216 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Dhaka accounted for 112 of Bangladesh's 135 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (104 stories). Storms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 68 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Darfur accounted for 33 of Sudan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 27 of Myanmar's 60 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. 26 of Yangon's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 40 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tunis accounted for 22 of Tunisia's 27 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 127 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Hualien accounted for 39 of Taiwan's 65 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Accidents were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
178 of its 252 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (120 stories). Landslides were named in 124 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone, storms and heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 27 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Landslides were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
107 of its 211 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 31 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
120 of its 247 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (87 stories).
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (124 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Timor-Leste (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Taiwan (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tuberculosis in Russia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Australia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 17,538 stories about harm among 68,614 counted on 5 Apr.
Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Indonesia. 26 in every 100 of the day's 68,614 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 5 April 2020, 44 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. Bangladesh's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%.
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 about as 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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