We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
180 of its 297 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kabul accounted for 93 of Afghanistan's 180 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Tigray accounted for 32 of Ethiopia's 43 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
41 of its 59 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tunis accounted for 35 of Tunisia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
82 of its 181 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 12 of Kwun Tong's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories).
68 of its 146 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Havana accounted for 48 of Cuba's 68 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. 25 of Havana's 48 stories were about protests or strikes.
258 of its 629 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
151 of its 359 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Marib accounted for 22 of Yemen's 37 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 32 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 6 of Bishkek's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (27 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flu in South Africa (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 22,288 stories about harm among 89,962 counted on 16 Apr.
For the fourth day running, the news turned to Afghanistan. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 89,962 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hunger ran about 6 times their usual in Ethiopia's news. On 16 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 38 in every 100, against 25 today. Afghanistan stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 54%.
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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