We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
276 of its 506 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jerusalem accounted for 216 of Israel's 276 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. 124 of Jerusalem's 216 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (129 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
182 of its 266 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kabul accounted for 133 of Afghanistan's 182 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
455 of its 869 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Flooding was named in 231 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.
192 of its 651 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
68 of its 153 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 18 of Norrkoping's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Colombo accounted for 61 of Sri Lanka's 129 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 42 of Colombo's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (54 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
65 of its 164 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
56 of its 103 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
21 of its 101 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Tunis accounted for 15 of Tunisia's 18 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Somalia (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Kenya (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Japan (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in China (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in UK (67 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 18,169 stories about harm among 81,184 counted on 19 Apr.
22 in every 100 of the day's 81,184 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 19 April 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today.
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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