We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
129 of its 333 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 65 of Kenya's 129 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (92 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 42 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Vilnius accounted for 15 of Lithuania's 15 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 9 of Vilnius' 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).
26 of its 87 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
58 of its 72 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Darfur accounted for 22 of Sudan's 58 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets.
176 of its 416 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dubai accounted for 168 of the United Arab Emirates' 176 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
14 of its 18 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 9 of Srebrenica's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 56 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
11 of Warsaw's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Nepal (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Netherlands (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Malaysia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in India (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 18,425 stories about harm among 104,680 counted on 19 Apr.
Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 104,680 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 20 April 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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