We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
93 of its 129 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Grindavik accounted for 80 of Iceland's 93 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
83 of its 136 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Beirut accounted for 77 of Lebanon's 83 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
67 of its 179 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 33 of Harare's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
22 of its 34 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 21 of Haiti's 22 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
227 of its 266 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Mandalay accounted for 159 of Myanmar's 227 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Building collapse was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cyclone, dengue and measles. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
149 of its 262 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Accidents were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
97 of its 132 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
214 of its 397 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Bangkok accounted for 171 of Thailand's 214 stories about harm, carried by 231 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
62 of its 234 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Storms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding.
31 of its 169 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Greece (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Myanmar (53 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Venezuela (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Italy (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Malaysia (15 of its stories, more than ten 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 17,851 stories about harm among 98,385 counted on 1 Apr.
In Iceland, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 98,385 stories, as usual. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Iceland's news. On 1 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today. Over March, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in March 2024.
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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