We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
112 of its 183 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Cyclone was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 36 of Myanmar's 62 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 32 of Yangon's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
88 of its 158 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
77 of its 146 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Unrwa accounted for 50 of Palestine's 77 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (43 stories).
Brussels accounted for 43 of Belgium's 47 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Illness was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Cabo Delgado accounted for 32 of Mozambique's 62 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
54 of its 69 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 119 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 26 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 5 of Tegucigalpa's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Belgium (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tuberculosis in Russia (32 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in Norway (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (18 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 23,374 stories about harm among 94,465 counted on 7 Apr.
For the second day running, the news turned to Indonesia. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 94,465 stories, below the usual 26. Mentions of the cyclone ran about 7 times their usual in Indonesia's news. A year earlier, on 7 April 2020, 40 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Indonesia stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%.
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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