We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Ndjamena accounted for 48 of Chad's 58 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 34 of Ndjamena's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
64 of its 70 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
158 of its 276 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Bangkok accounted for 69 of Thailand's 158 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
26 of its 48 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Hurricane was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with drought.
516 of its 1,164 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Mogadishu accounted for 27 of Somalia's 34 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
16 of Aung Hlaing's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
69 of its 163 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
2,045 of its 4,946 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Polio was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Fiji (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); ebola in Uganda (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Somalia (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); oil spill in China (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in India (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 22,381 stories about harm among 91,786 counted on 27 Apr.
Mentions of the hurricane ran about 7 times their usual in Guatemala's news. of the day's 91,786 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. On 27 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 37 in every 100, against 24 today. Chad's news was 53% about people being harmed, against a usual 49%.
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 much softer 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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