We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
217 of its 326 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kyiv accounted for 129 of Ukraine's 217 stories about harm, carried by 402 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Wildfires were named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
71 of its 113 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
12 of its 24 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
29 of its 36 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Measles was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with rubella. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
162 of its 286 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
196 of its 227 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Ramallah accounted for 137 of Palestine's 196 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets.
26 of its 28 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
14 of its 20 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
54 of its 106 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
196 of its 312 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Guinea (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); malaria in Brazil (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Switzerland (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Thailand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in France (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 46,457 stories about harm among 115,509 counted on 14 Apr.
40 in every 100 of the day's 115,509 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 15 April 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 40 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 about as 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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