We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
167 of its 261 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Colombo accounted for 134 of Sri Lanka's 167 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. 111 of Colombo's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (101 stories). Power cuts were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
39 of its 51 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jenin accounted for 26 of Palestine's 39 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 61 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Covid was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
41 of its 143 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding.
98 of its 181 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 51 of Israel's 98 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
34 of its 77 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Taipei accounted for 22 of Taiwan's 34 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
248 of its 744 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 383 of Ukraine's 681 stories about harm, carried by 712 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 31 of Yemen's 66 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 6 of Paitilla's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Australia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Canada (13 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 10,312 stories about harm among 45,974 counted on 2 Apr.
For the second day running, the news turned to Sri Lanka. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 45,974 stories, as usual. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Paraguay's news. In Sri Lanka, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. On 2 April 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 22 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 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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