We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
95 of its 116 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jenin accounted for 69 of Palestine's 95 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
91 of its 193 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Colombo accounted for 52 of Sri Lanka's 91 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 34 of Colombo's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Philippine accounted for 109 of the Philippines' 259 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Tropical storm was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone and storms. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of its 16 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%.
Kabul accounted for 23 of Afghanistan's 45 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 38 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 80 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Food poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Kyiv accounted for 349 of Ukraine's 818 stories about harm, carried by 482 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Power cuts were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Flu was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Saudi Arabia (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in Belgium (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in China (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 16,974 stories about harm among 75,609 counted on 11 Apr.
For the second day running, the news turned to Palestine. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 75,609 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 11 April 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Palestine, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% 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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