We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
125 of its 155 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Yerevan accounted for 47 of Armenia's 125 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
261 of its 508 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Hunger was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
113 of its 230 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dhaka accounted for 54 of Bangladesh's 113 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
924 of its 1,152 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Khartoum accounted for 728 of Sudan's 924 stories about harm, carried by 1,077 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (416 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
200 of its 502 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
43 of its 45 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Ouahigouya accounted for 26 of Burkina Faso's 43 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 18 of Haiti's 29 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
55 of its 109 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 83 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Lima accounted for 27 of Peru's 32 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Mexico (51 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Brazil (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in China (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 20,092 stories about harm among 112,588 counted on 24 Apr.
In Armenia, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 112,588 stories, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and the US. In Mexico's news, mentions of Covid ran about 6 times their usual. A year earlier, on 24 April 2022, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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