We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
269 of its 461 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Nairobi accounted for 97 of Kenya's 269 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (52 stories). Flooding was named in 180 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain and storms. 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.
40 of its 70 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. the Red Sea accounted for 39 of Djibouti's 40 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
1,039 of its 1,470 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (244 stories). Tornadoes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of Tehran's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
65 of its 137 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jammu accounted for 34 of Kashmir's 65 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
54 of its 218 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
191 of its 940 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
29 of its 32 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
194 of its 758 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).
55 of its 99 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Bangladesh (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Kashmir (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Saudi Arabia (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (31 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heatwave in Philippines (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 17,818 stories about harm among 97,962 counted on 29 Apr.
Kenya's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. of the day's 97,962 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kenya's news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 30 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 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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