We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Yangon accounted for 23 of Myanmar's 34 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 14 of Yangon's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
116 of its 188 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 89 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tigray accounted for 34 of Ethiopia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (136 stories). Oil spill was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Moscow accounted for 208 of Russia's 307 stories about harm, carried by 476 outlets. 122 of Moscow's 208 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
30 of its 56 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 6 of Kuwait City's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
62 of its 114 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Ndjamena accounted for 35 of Chad's 62 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 55 of Afghanistan's 115 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
46 of its 120 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Nepal (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Kashmir (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in UK (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 23,037 stories about harm among 96,468 counted on 22 Apr.
No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 5 November 2020. On 22 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 37 in every 100, against 24 today. 24 in every 100 of the day's 96,468 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26.
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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