We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
142 of its 289 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Colombo accounted for 112 of Sri Lanka's 142 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. 93 of Colombo's 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
68 of its 123 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
110 of its 317 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 39 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
70 of its 152 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 37 of Bangladesh's 70 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 107 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 29 of Kashmir's 51 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (112 stories). Accidents were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 23 of Yemen's 35 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
24 of its 63 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
105 of its 195 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Ethiopia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Romania (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Japan (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in Australia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Canada (15 of its stories, about 9 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 17,799 stories about harm among 82,870 counted on 1 Apr.
Mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual in Ethiopia's news. of the day's 82,870 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. A year earlier, on 1 April 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Sri Lanka's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. Over March, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 in March 2021.
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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