We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
70 of its 100 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tripoli accounted for 37 of Libya's 70 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Drownings were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
212 of its 423 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jerusalem accounted for 132 of Israel's 212 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. 86 of Jerusalem's 132 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
49 of its 77 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Outbreaks were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with respiratory illness.
122 of its 174 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,718 of its 4,351 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tsunami was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hepatitis. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
228 of its 357 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (149 stories). Oil spill was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
37 of its 39 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Rabies was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
48 of its 107 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
48 of its 52 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. la Soufriere accounted for 38 of St Vincent's 48 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets.
29 of its 50 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Indonesia (68 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); rabies in Burkina Faso (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Czechia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Japan (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Australia (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 21,203 stories about harm among 87,021 counted on 23 Apr.
Libya stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. 24 in every 100 of the day's 87,021 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. On 23 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 37 in every 100, against 24 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 harsher than 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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