We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
252 of its 364 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Ndjamena accounted for 177 of Chad's 252 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
Cairo accounted for 44 of Egypt's 74 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Train derailment was named in 16 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.
1,595 of its 4,562 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
294 of its 681 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (53 stories).
40 of its 99 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
30 of its 70 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
70 of its 279 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dubai accounted for 61 of the United Arab Emirates' 70 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets.
81 of its 205 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Malaria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Sanaa accounted for 18 of Yemen's 36 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Covid was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Yemen (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Czechia (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (44 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Ghana (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 22,744 stories about harm among 92,217 counted on 20 Apr.
The news turned to Chad for the third day running. 25 in every 100 of the day's 92,217 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. In Chad, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. Yemen's news mentioned Covid about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 20 April 2020, 38 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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