We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
238 of its 508 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Voorschoten accounted for 133 of the Netherlands' 238 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (172 stories). Train derailment was named in 170 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
116 of its 392 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Stockholm accounted for 73 of Sweden's 116 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
215 of its 282 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Damascus accounted for 91 of Syria's 215 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 45 of Iran's 93 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 66 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Natural hazards were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
270 of its 859 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
448 of its 1,474 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 128 of Israel's 246 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
13 of its 22 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
9 of its 22 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Saudi Arabia (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Colombia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Papua New Guinea (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); avalanche in India (132 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 24,317 stories about harm among 133,397 counted on 4 Apr.
The Netherlands' news mentioned train derailment more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 133,397 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Netherlands, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. On 4 April 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 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 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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