We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
20 of its 82 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Avalanche was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
85 of its 126 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Bucharest accounted for 64 of Romania's 85 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (49 stories).
20 of its 52 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 6 of Copenhagen's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
32 of its 101 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
39 of its 182 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
326 of its 846 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
74 of its 143 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kathmandu accounted for 24 of Nepal's 30 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 37 of Afghanistan's 74 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Italy (64 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Nepal (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); oil spill in Vietnam (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (910 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in Switzerland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 14,907 stories about harm among 77,423 counted on 1 Apr.
Nepal's news mentioned the earthquake about 9 times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 77,423 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Norway, 24% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual. A year earlier, on 1 April 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Over March, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 in March 2022.
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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