We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
17 of its 32 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Algiers accounted for 13 of Algeria's 17 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. 7 of Algiers' 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
62 of its 204 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Covid was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
110 of its 142 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Darfur accounted for 34 of Sudan's 110 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 90 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
15 of its 26 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 6 of Tunis' 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
20 of its 42 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 4 of Banjul's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
50 of its 163 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).
130 of its 357 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 3 of Maputo's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
200 of its 613 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (26 stories).
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (31 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Afghanistan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Puerto Rico (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hantavirus in Mexico (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 16,986 stories about harm among 98,421 counted on 16 Apr.
In Switzerland's news, mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 98,421 stories, as usual. Algeria's news was 53% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. A year earlier, on 16 April 2024, 17 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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