We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
209 of its 327 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tehran accounted for 86 of Iran's 209 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
447 of its 634 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Hualien accounted for 267 of Taiwan's 447 stories about harm, carried by 698 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (241 stories).
90 of its 307 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 37 of Haiti's 58 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
1,539 of its 2,175 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Jerusalem accounted for 325 of Israel's 1,539 stories about harm, carried by 337 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Moscow accounted for 187 of Russia's 284 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of people displaced 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.
76 of its 139 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 14 of Kampala's 24 stories were about protests or strikes.
20 of its 42 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
30 of its 48 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 114 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 6 of Amman's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Zimbabwe (36 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Laos (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ireland (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (43 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); accidents in Japan (10 of its stories, about 8 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 20,539 stories about harm among 113,285 counted on 4 Apr.
The news turned to Iran for the fourth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 113,285 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Zimbabwe's news, mentions of the drought ran about three times their usual. Iran stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%. A year earlier, on 5 April 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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