We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
352 of its 937 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Moscow accounted for 166 of Russia's 352 stories about harm, carried by 472 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of Tehran's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
19 of its 39 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Bucharest accounted for 16 of Romania's 19 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
58 of its 159 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Covid was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
133 of its 178 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Damascus accounted for 79 of Syria's 133 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 45 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 6 of Kigali's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).
Jerusalem accounted for 160 of Israel's 231 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. 84 of Jerusalem's 160 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
14 of its 28 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 8 of Algiers' 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
29 of its 101 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
15 of its 32 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Tanzania (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Mozambique (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (646 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Vietnam (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Australia (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 12,438 stories about harm among 63,731 counted on 2 Apr.
Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Finland's news. of the day's 63,731 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 2 April 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Russia's news was 38% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 3 of 7 days.
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 harsher 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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