We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
107 of its 116 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Nampula accounted for 83 of Mozambique's 107 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (99 stories). Cholera was named in 93 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
134 of its 151 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kigali accounted for 93 of Rwanda's 134 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Accidents were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
41 of its 75 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Quito accounted for 37 of Ecuador's 41 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets.
294 of its 685 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Accidents were named in 75 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.
22 of its 60 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
26 of its 90 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
26 of its 76 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
47 of its 165 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
108 of its 401 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
Also named far more than usual: accidents in Ukraine (75 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in South Africa (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in India (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 16,881 stories about harm among 99,299 counted on 8 Apr.
Mentions of the cholera ran more than ten times their usual in Mozambique's news. of the day's 99,299 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. Mozambique stood out: 92% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%. On 9 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 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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