We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
73 of its 91 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Nablus accounted for 47 of Palestine's 73 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
447 of its 953 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Flooding was named in 169 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain, tropical storm and cyclone.
25 of its 36 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
75 of its 245 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
200 of its 703 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
223 of its 563 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Cyclone was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.
254 of its 610 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Typhoon was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding, tropical storm and drownings.
796 of its 2,277 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Colombo accounted for 55 of Sri Lanka's 79 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 36 of Colombo's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (61 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in Belgium (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 20,826 stories about harm among 86,569 counted on 13 Apr.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 21 February 2022. In Palestine, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual. A year earlier, on 13 April 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. 24 in every 100 of the day's 86,569 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22.
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 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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