We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
357 of its 936 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Moscow accounted for 255 of Russia's 357 stories about harm, carried by 512 outlets. 156 of Moscow's 255 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
127 of its 207 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Ndjamena accounted for 77 of Chad's 127 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,559 of its 4,426 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Tsunami was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Train derailment was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
48 of its 125 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
11 of its 25 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 6 of Tirana's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
37 of its 89 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Typhoon was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms.
Damascus accounted for 29 of Syria's 73 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Indonesia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Yemen (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Czechia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (18 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 23,361 stories about harm among 95,521 counted on 21 Apr.
Mentions of oil spill ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. of the day's 95,521 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. On 21 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 37 in every 100, against 24 today. Russia's news was 38% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%.
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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