We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
127 of its 136 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kigali accounted for 93 of Rwanda's 127 stories about harm, carried by 368 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
69 of its 118 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Quito accounted for 62 of Ecuador's 69 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
83 of its 147 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Hualien accounted for 48 of Taiwan's 83 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
35 of its 116 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 6 of Amsterdam's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
199 of its 412 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (85 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
1,060 of its 1,423 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Tel Aviv accounted for 335 of Israel's 1,060 stories about harm, carried by 513 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
88 of its 149 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tehran accounted for 48 of Iran's 88 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
197 of its 565 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
821 of its 3,647 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cholera and dengue.
9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Italy (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ireland (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Russia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (11 of its stories, more than ten 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 10,062 stories about harm among 53,126 counted on 7 Apr.
The news turned to Rwanda for the third day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 53,126 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Russia and the US. Rwanda's news was 93% about people being harmed, against a usual 47%. This week the news turned most often to Taiwan, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 much 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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