We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
261 of its 648 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 44 of Islamabad's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
93 of its 184 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
430 of its 643 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 153 of Afghanistan's 430 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
30 of its 37 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Niamey accounted for 21 of Niger's 30 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 62 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
22 of its 41 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
55 of its 66 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. la Soufriere accounted for 40 of St Vincent's 55 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets.
33 of its 81 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Volcanic eruption was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
39 of its 76 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Malawi (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Trinidad & Tobago (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Brazil (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Japan (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 23,433 stories about harm among 92,624 counted on 14 Apr.
Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 25 in every 100 of the day's 92,624 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Malawi's news, mentions of Covid ran about 5 times their usual. On 14 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 40 in every 100, against 25 today. Pakistan's news was 40% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%.
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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