We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
33 of its 36 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Sevare accounted for 19 of Mali's 33 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
410 of its 524 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Khartoum accounted for 321 of Sudan's 410 stories about harm, carried by 759 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
355 of its 1,059 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Hanoi accounted for 191 of Vietnam's 355 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories). Road crashes were named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
340 of its 1,588 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (215 stories). Accidents were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
82 of its 159 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Jammu accounted for 38 of Kashmir's 82 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Extreme cold was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
43 of its 132 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).
159 of its 406 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 103 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tsunami.
21 of its 55 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Thailand (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Russia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in US (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 12,279 stories about harm among 65,399 counted on 22 Apr.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and Russia. 19 in every 100 of the day's 65,399 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Mali, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. Indonesia's news mentioned the earthquake about 5 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 22 April 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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 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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