We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
52 of its 80 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tigray accounted for 39 of Ethiopia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Hunger was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. 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.
140 of its 282 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Colombo accounted for 85 of Sri Lanka's 140 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 68 of Colombo's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
43 of its 68 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ouagadougou accounted for 25 of Burkina Faso's 43 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
60 of its 173 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Respiratory illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
69 of its 141 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 69 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
23 of its 33 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,004 of its 3,088 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 434 of Ukraine's 915 stories about harm, carried by 670 outlets. HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
19 of its 42 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 4 of Caracas' 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in Ireland (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Australia (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in UK (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in China (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Canada (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 19,023 stories about harm among 87,393 counted on 6 Apr.
Ethiopia's news mentioned the hunger about three times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 87,393 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 6 April 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today. Ethiopia stood out: 65% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%.
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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