We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,545 of its 2,414 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jerusalem accounted for 791 of Israel's 1,545 stories about harm, carried by 386 outlets. 399 of Jerusalem's 791 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (371 stories). Plague was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
367 of its 680 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Ankara accounted for 248 of Türkiye's 367 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (173 stories). Poisoning was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
151 of its 253 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Cyclone was named in 105 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
100 of its 190 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Yerevan accounted for 86 of Armenia's 100 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (79 stories).
141 of its 166 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 40 of Guatemala City's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
152 of its 235 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 35 of Anantnag's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
1,198 of its 2,154 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 494 of Johannesburg's 659 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories).
207 of its 430 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
235 of its 272 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mogadishu accounted for 158 of Somalia's 235 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
166 of its 400 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in France (100 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Afghanistan (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Sweden (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Thailand (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in Spain (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 37,067 stories about harm among 171,686 counted on 2 Apr.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 171,686 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Israel. On 2 April 2017, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today. Israel stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 45%.
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 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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