We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,853 of its 2,413 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jerusalem accounted for 852 of Israel's 1,853 stories about harm, carried by 515 outlets. 606 of Jerusalem's 852 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
164 of its 278 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Aletsch Glacier accounted for 145 of Switzerland's 164 stories about harm, carried by 327 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Avalanche was named in 149 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
220 of its 259 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Caracas accounted for 130 of Venezuela's 220 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (211 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
205 of its 232 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 125 of Somalia's 205 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (193 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
258 of its 285 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 10 of Guatemala City's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (239 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
177 of its 255 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Earthquake was named in 131 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
574 of its 876 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 353 of Palestine's 574 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 264 of Gaza's 353 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (281 stories).
283 of its 383 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (134 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
72 of its 152 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 138 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Cyclone was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain, storms and power cuts.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Iran (131 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Bermuda (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Rwanda (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in India (298 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 22,368 stories about harm among 96,042 counted on 1 Apr.
Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. of the day's 96,042 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Switzerland's news mentioned the avalanche about 10 times as often as usual. Israel's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%. On 1 April 2017, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, on 4 of 7 days. Over March, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in March 2017.
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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