We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
35 of its 45 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 27 of Haiti's 35 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
160 of its 214 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 101 of Afghanistan's 160 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
68 of its 124 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 210 of Israel's 269 stories about harm, carried by 422 outlets. 121 of Jerusalem's 210 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
57 of its 100 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Baramulla accounted for 34 of Kashmir's 57 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
21 of its 48 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
20 of its 46 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
57 of its 171 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
344 of its 986 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 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.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Nicaragua (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in South Africa (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in China (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in India (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); measles in US (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 18,937 stories about harm among 89,429 counted on 21 Apr.
Nicaragua's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 89,429 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. A year earlier, on 21 April 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Haiti stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 46%.
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 softer 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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