We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
88 of its 246 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Warsaw accounted for 59 of Poland's 88 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
66 of its 165 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kathmandu accounted for 43 of Nepal's 66 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
35 of its 64 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tunis accounted for 28 of Tunisia's 35 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
496 of its 699 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Khartoum accounted for 430 of Sudan's 496 stories about harm, carried by 621 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
52 of its 146 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
29 of its 84 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
13 of its 39 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
36 of its 117 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
329 of its 1,165 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Hanoi accounted for 218 of Vietnam's 329 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Cuba (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Ghana (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in India (75 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Australia (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 23,756 stories about harm among 131,870 counted on 19 Apr.
Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Sudan and China. 18 in every 100 of the day's 131,870 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In South Sudan's news, mentions of flooding ran about 6 times their usual. A year earlier, on 19 April 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Poland's news was 36% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%.
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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