We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
84 of its 112 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jenin accounted for 67 of Palestine's 84 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 77 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Covid was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with outbreaks and respiratory illness.
145 of its 360 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Tropical storm was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone, heavy rain and landslides.
53 of its 121 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
25 of its 37 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tunis accounted for 16 of Tunisia's 25 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
33 of its 51 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Baghdad accounted for 18 of Iraq's 33 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kyiv accounted for 397 of Ukraine's 638 stories about harm, carried by 684 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Plane crash was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
28 of its 47 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
18 of its 86 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
21 of its 48 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Saudi Arabia (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in France (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Ukraine (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in India (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 8,710 stories about harm among 39,123 counted on 10 Apr.
Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Saudi Arabia's news. of the day's 39,123 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 10 April 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 22 today. Palestine's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 49%. This week the news turned most often to Colombia, on 3 of 7 days.
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 much 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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