We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
85 of its 124 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Baghdad accounted for 63 of Iraq's 85 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
20 of its 31 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Bangui accounted for 20 of the Central African Republic's 20 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 56 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Agadez accounted for 17 of Niger's 34 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 10 of Agadez's 17 stories were about protests or strikes.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 17 of Haiti's 22 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
45 of its 111 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Gaza accounted for 101 of Palestine's 154 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Natural hazards were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 179 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Dubai accounted for 66 of the United Arab Emirates' 71 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets.
14 of its 64 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Kenya (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Australia (29 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 10,730 stories about harm among 61,177 counted on 20 Apr.
18 in every 100 of the day's 61,177 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 21 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 18 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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