We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
35 of its 42 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 23 of Haiti's 35 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
50 of its 70 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
65 of its 184 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
17 of its 53 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 8 of Pyongyang's 14 stories were about protests or strikes.
193 of its 581 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 63 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Cholera was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 113 of Israel's 231 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 96 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
34 of its 46 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: measles in Somalia (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in Armenia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Denmark (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); malaria in Ghana (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in India (59 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 19,442 stories about harm among 89,642 counted on 28 Apr.
22 in every 100 of the day's 89,642 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 April 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 much 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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