We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
453 of its 556 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Khartoum accounted for 282 of Sudan's 453 stories about harm, carried by 510 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
269 of its 563 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Kyiv accounted for 118 of Ukraine's 269 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (182 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
281 of its 783 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 35 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tunis accounted for 13 of Tunisia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets.
29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
43 of its 136 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Jeddah accounted for 24 of Saudi Arabia's 43 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).
76 of its 154 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
49 of its 143 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
24 of its 138 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Tehran accounted for 39 of Iran's 74 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Vietnam (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Türkiye (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Japan (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in Philippines (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 12,595 stories about harm among 72,820 counted on 29 Apr.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 22 March 2023. of the day's 72,820 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and the US. Mentions of heavy rain ran about 5 times their usual in New Zealand's news. On 29 April 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 17 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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