We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
56 of its 91 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Damascus accounted for 41 of Syria's 56 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. 21 of Damascus' 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
319 of its 967 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
78 of its 278 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (104 stories). Tornadoes were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 68 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 9 of Baghdad's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 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.
28 of its 113 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 7 of Lantau's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).
63 of its 271 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 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.
16 of its 54 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 7 of Georgetown's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
59 of its 78 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Sanaa accounted for 23 of Yemen's 59 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
35 of its 53 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. the Red Sea accounted for 35 of Djibouti's 35 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in El Salvador (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Australia (25 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); polio in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); gas explosion in UK (18 of its stories, about 8 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 17,760 stories about harm among 96,437 counted on 29 Apr.
El Salvador's news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 96,437 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Syria, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 47% is usual. On 29 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 harsher 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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