We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
116 of its 178 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tehran accounted for 54 of Iran's 116 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
55 of its 106 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Havana accounted for 48 of Cuba's 55 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Illness was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
23 of its 48 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 82 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 34 of Haiti's 54 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).
161 of its 205 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Damascus accounted for 136 of Syria's 161 stories about harm, carried by 373 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
37 of its 132 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Covid was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding.
Moscow accounted for 247 of Russia's 366 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
147 of Jerusalem's 267 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 44 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
14 of its 39 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Taiwan (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Malawi (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in India (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Australia (14 of its stories, about 4 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 15,955 stories about harm among 89,408 counted on 1 Apr.
Taiwan's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 89,408 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Iran, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual. A year earlier, on 2 April 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Over March, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 in March 2023.
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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