We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
612 of its 938 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 232 of Israel's 612 stories about harm, carried by 515 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Wildfires were named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague and avalanche. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
71 of its 103 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Batken accounted for 33 of Kyrgyzstan's 71 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Ndjamena accounted for 23 of Chad's 32 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 16 of Ndjamena's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
18 of its 31 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
164 of its 227 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 73 of Afghanistan's 164 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
25 of its 37 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
25 of its 36 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
141 of its 274 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 100 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Taiwan (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in St Vincent (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Uganda (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Canada (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 21,529 stories about harm among 88,959 counted on 30 Apr.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. of the day's 88,959 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. Madagascar's news mentioned the drought about 6 times as often as usual. On 30 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 35 in every 100, against 24 today. In Israel, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual.
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 softer 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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