We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
433 of its 711 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 358 of Israel's 433 stories about harm, carried by 677 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (216 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
33 of its 43 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
57 of its 153 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (20 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
44 of its 191 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Tsunami was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 27 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Kourakou accounted for 18 of Burkina Faso's 25 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
54 of its 92 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
28 of its 33 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 46 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).
26 of its 31 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sanaa accounted for 23 of Yemen's 26 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets.
25 of its 58 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Haeil accounted for 20 of North Korea's 25 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Ireland (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Canada (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); bird flu in US (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 12,381 stories about harm among 66,861 counted on 8 Apr.
It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Israel. of the day's 66,861 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. South Korea's news mentioned the tsunami about 7 times as often as usual. On 8 April 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today. In Israel, 61% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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