We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
154 of its 219 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bogota accounted for 141 of Colombia's 154 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (148 stories). Covid was named in 128 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
901 of its 2,400 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Moscow accounted for 482 of Russia's 901 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (425 stories). Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 3 of Quito's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).
16 of its 32 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).
59 of its 108 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Pulwama accounted for 26 of Kashmir's 59 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
1,147 of its 2,248 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Kyiv accounted for 699 of Ukraine's 1,147 stories about harm, carried by 956 outlets. Avalanche was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
340 of its 1,033 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
46 of its 159 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 92 of Israel's 190 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 93 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Brazil (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Australia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in UK (32 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in US (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 17,222 stories about harm among 75,977 counted on 4 Apr.
Colombia's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. of the day's 75,977 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Colombia's news mentioned Covid about 5 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 4 April 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 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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