We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
726 of its 1,112 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 541 of Israel's 726 stories about harm, carried by 806 outlets. 272 of Jerusalem's 541 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
358 of its 1,229 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 102 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.
Moscow accounted for 158 of Russia's 303 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
15 of its 34 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
124 of its 319 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 30 of Pampanga's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
10 of Colombo's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 88 of Afghanistan's 139 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Tehran accounted for 32 of Iran's 45 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 21 of Tehran's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
52 of its 68 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Philippines (69 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Canada (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 19,999 stories about harm among 106,284 counted on 7 Apr.
The news turned to Israel for the third day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 106,284 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Philippines' news, mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 7 April 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Israel's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.
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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