We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
639 of its 822 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khartoum accounted for 390 of Sudan's 639 stories about harm, carried by 599 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Drownings were named in 10 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.
238 of its 535 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Storms were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
43 of its 136 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Budapest accounted for 33 of Hungary's 43 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
116 of its 208 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 54 of Afghanistan's 116 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
130 of its 255 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 68 of Iran's 130 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 58 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 25 of Haiti's 37 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
16 of Madrid's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Heatwave was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
69 of its 237 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories).
21 of its 75 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flu in Türkiye (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Spain (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Japan (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 23,441 stories about harm among 133,616 counted on 27 Apr.
For the eighth day running, the news turned to Sudan. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 133,616 stories, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Sudan and the US. A year earlier, on 27 April 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Sudan stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 71%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 softer 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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