We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
34 of its 91 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Lima accounted for 29 of Peru's 34 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 20 of Lima's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
1,033 of its 2,101 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kyiv accounted for 553 of Ukraine's 1,033 stories about harm, carried by 813 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
85 of its 199 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Train derailment was named in 25 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.
57 of its 84 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Darfur accounted for 41 of Sudan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,035 of its 2,953 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Moscow accounted for 574 of Russia's 1,035 stories about harm, carried by 778 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 48 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 74 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 104 of Israel's 204 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Colombo accounted for 84 of Sri Lanka's 135 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 59 of Colombo's 84 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Australia (27 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 18,814 stories about harm among 84,085 counted on 5 Apr.
In Hungary's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 84,085 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 5 April 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Peru, 37% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% 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 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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