We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
44 of its 52 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Nampula accounted for 34 of Mozambique's 44 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Outbreaks were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 88 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kigali accounted for 41 of Rwanda's 71 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 72 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 5 of Rabat's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Beirut accounted for 37 of Lebanon's 49 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of Zurich's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Heatwave was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of its 30 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 5 of Tbilisi's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
19 of its 40 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).
39 of its 55 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 76 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
44 of its 174 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Ghana (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Switzerland (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (98 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in France (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 18,870 stories about harm among 109,835 counted on 9 Apr.
For the second day running, the news turned to Mozambique. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 109,835 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual in Mozambique's news. In Mozambique, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual. On 10 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 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 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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