We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
25 of its 26 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bangui accounted for 24 of the Central African Republic's 25 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
201 of its 282 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 121 of Palestine's 201 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
7 of its 11 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 4 of Tripoli's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 32 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Quito accounted for 16 of Ecuador's 24 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories).
44 of its 123 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
57 of its 169 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Helicopter crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
141 of its 506 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories).
64 of its 172 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Dubai accounted for 63 of the United Arab Emirates' 64 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets.
20 of its 73 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in China (38 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); helicopter crash in Kenya (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Bangladesh (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in India (40 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 9,067 stories about harm among 51,830 counted on 21 Apr.
For the second day running, the news turned to the Central African Republic. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 51,830 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran about 9 times their usual in China's news. In the Central African Republic, 96% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual. On 22 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today. This week the news turned most often to Australia, on 4 of 7 days.
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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