Aruba
17 of its 22 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Poisoning in Aruba, violence in Kigali and people injured in Italy drew the news. Rwanda's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.
Part of lifeHealth
28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual
Country that rose mostPanama
42 in 100 of its 57 stories, usually 22
RegionMiddle East & North Africa
51 in 100 of its stories, usually 46
Tone of the words
Softer than usual
across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →Rwanda
38 of its 53 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kigali accounted for 17 of Rwanda's 38 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Italy
126 of its 636 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Ecuador
Quito accounted for 14 of Ecuador's 18 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. 7 of Quito's 14 stories were about protests or strikes.
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Sweden
47 of its 184 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Russia
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Ethiopia
18 of its 30 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Panama
24 of its 57 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Jordan
32 of its 116 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).
Djibouti
12 of its 26 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Türkiye (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (22 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); wildfires in Japan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Nigeria (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
18 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 18; 17 the day beforeStories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 19,415 stories about harm among 110,356 counted on 10 Apr.
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Aruba stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 110,356 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Aruba's news, mentions of poisoning ran about 4 times their usual. On 11 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.
- 18 in every 100 of the day's 110,356 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18).
- Aruba: 17 of its 22 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%.
- Rwanda: 38 of its 53 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%.
- Italy: 126 of its 636 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%.
- Ecuador: Quito accounted for 14 of Ecuador's 18 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets.
- Mentions of poisoning ran about 4 times their usual in Aruba's news.
- Mentions of heavy rain ran about 10 times their usual in New Zealand's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were softer than usual.
- A year earlier, on 11 April 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Rwanda72 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Israel70 in 100 of its 1,633 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti61 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 340 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Iran53 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violenceCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Washington US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 607 Delhi India64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Jerusalem Israel63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 London UK43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330 Chicago US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127Stories, not people.
Where it happened
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Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Jerusalem Israel attacks & violence · 188 stories, 422 outlets ● Gaza Palestine attacks & violence · 174 stories, 301 outlets ● Tel Aviv Israel attacks & violence · 109 stories, 167 outlets ● Tehran Iran attacks & violence · 76 stories, 102 outlets ● New Orleans US accidents & disasters · 56 stories, 112 outlets ● East Palestine US accidents & disasters · 54 stories, 69 outlets ● Moscow Russia attacks & violence · 121 stories, 101 outlets ● Orenburg Russia accidents & disasters · 31 stories, 54 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health28% 5,381 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,673 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,061 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,694 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,056 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 892 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 839 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 417 stories · about as usualOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed4,846 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,067 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured900 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions559 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced188 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the USStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
harshwarm
The words in the day's stories were softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as 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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