We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
144 of its 299 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Malindi accounted for 98 of Kenya's 144 stories about harm, carried by 368 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (65 stories). Hunger was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
39 of its 42 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Mopti accounted for 22 of Mali's 39 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
767 of its 898 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Khartoum accounted for 665 of Sudan's 767 stories about harm, carried by 1,108 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (284 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
204 of its 637 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Hanoi accounted for 138 of Vietnam's 204 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Landslides were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
16 of Colombo's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
65 of its 115 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
18 of its 38 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Lima accounted for 17 of Peru's 18 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).
26 of its 67 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 17 of Myanmar's 25 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 9 of Yangon's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
49 of its 133 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); illness in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in UK (49 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in India (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 10,776 stories about harm among 56,354 counted on 23 Apr.
Evacuations were reported at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and the US. of the day's 56,354 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Kenya's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. On 23 April 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Sudan, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 harsher 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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