We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
27 of its 48 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Bishkek accounted for 22 of Kyrgyzstan's 27 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 15 of Bishkek's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
92 of its 119 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Damascus accounted for 60 of Syria's 92 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
62 of its 115 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Unrwa accounted for 40 of Palestine's 62 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories).
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 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.
Yangon accounted for 40 of Myanmar's 83 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 38 of Yangon's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Malaria was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of its 33 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 3 of Tchaourou's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
78 of its 155 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
84 of its 142 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
15 of its 43 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 7 of Ndjamena's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
34 of its 50 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Thailand (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Indonesia (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hepatitis in Czechia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Myanmar (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Afghanistan (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 23,163 stories about harm among 93,071 counted on 8 Apr.
Thailand's news mentioned outbreaks about 4 times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 93,071 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 8 April 2020, 40 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Kyrgyzstan stood out: 56% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%.
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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