We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
110 of its 302 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Riyadh accounted for 87 of Saudi Arabia's 110 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 23 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 4 of Conakry's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).
364 of its 1,058 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
26 of its 55 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Khartoum accounted for 23 of Sudan's 33 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 21 of Khartoum's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tel Aviv accounted for 170 of Israel's 273 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 360 of Ukraine's 811 stories about harm, carried by 593 outlets. HIV was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with polio, measles and road crashes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
38 of its 51 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.
42 of its 58 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
59 of its 160 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Puerto Rico (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Japan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Australia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Ukraine (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 19,311 stories about harm among 87,396 counted on 7 Apr.
Mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual in Puerto Rico's news. of the day's 87,396 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 7 April 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Saudi Arabia's news was 36% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%.
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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