We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
82 of its 131 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Kyiv accounted for 43 of Ukraine's 82 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 56 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Cumuto accounted for 18 of Trinidad & Tobago's 22 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
64 of its 178 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Storms were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
43 of its 78 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Havana accounted for 23 of Cuba's 43 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets.
88 of its 316 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (21 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
38 of its 90 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
86 of its 253 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
22 of its 83 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
59 of its 174 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).
77 of its 308 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Canada (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Iran (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in New Zealand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in UK (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in US (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 6,704 stories about harm among 38,005 counted on 19 Apr.
Mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual in Malaysia's news. of the day's 38,005 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. It was the second day running that the news turned to Ukraine. In Ukraine, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Ukraine, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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 much 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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