We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
94 of its 114 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. la Soufriere accounted for 85 of St Vincent's 94 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories).
28 of its 51 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Hunger was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
78 of its 132 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 79 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 21 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Soufriere Hills accounted for 16 of Montserrat's 18 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (17 stories).
148 of its 431 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (147 stories). Road crashes were named in 95 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of Yangon's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 34 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
31 of its 51 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Indonesia (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Thailand (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Taiwan (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Ghana (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in UK (95 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 22,346 stories about harm among 87,716 counted on 9 Apr.
St Vincent's news was 82% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. of the day's 87,716 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 9 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 39 in every 100, against 25 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 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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