We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
632 of its 884 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Khartoum accounted for 515 of Sudan's 632 stories about harm, carried by 761 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (44 stories). Power cuts were named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
68 of its 177 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kathmandu accounted for 45 of Nepal's 68 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (96 stories). Poisoning was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
7 of its 7 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
75 of its 199 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 150 of Israel's 258 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 50 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tripoli accounted for 22 of Libya's 31 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets.
21 of its 68 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
689 of its 3,064 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories).
83 of its 272 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Afghanistan (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Pakistan (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in India (75 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); bird flu in UK (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 23,464 stories about harm among 127,824 counted on 18 Apr.
For the third day running, the news turned to Sudan. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 127,824 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Afghanistan's news. On 18 April 2022, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 18 today. Sudan stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 54%.
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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