We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
37 of its 56 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Sanaa accounted for 23 of Yemen's 37 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 79 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
139 of its 672 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Road crashes were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
28 of its 47 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Moscow accounted for 110 of Russia's 177 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Jammu accounted for 33 of Kashmir's 43 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 64 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).
27 of its 104 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Cambodia (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (38 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Colombia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 16,605 stories about harm among 96,226 counted on 17 Apr.
Cambodia's news mentioned the hunger about 9 times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 96,226 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Yemen, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 52% is usual. On 17 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 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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