We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
129 of its 261 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Rambukkana accounted for 56 of Sri Lanka's 129 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 55 of Rambukkana's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
102 of its 151 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kabul accounted for 73 of Afghanistan's 102 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
50 of its 100 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
175 of its 582 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
78 of its 200 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 178 of Israel's 240 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. 99 of Jerusalem's 178 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
21 of its 65 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of its 186 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
34 of its 79 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Measles was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with diphtheria.
60 of its 187 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: measles in Lebanon (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in China (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hepatitis in UK (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Ukraine (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 18,614 stories about harm among 85,739 counted on 20 Apr.
In Lebanon's news, mentions of measles ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 85,739 stories, as usual. On 20 April 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today. In Sri Lanka, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 41% 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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