We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
347 of its 572 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Sumy accounted for 249 of Ukraine's 347 stories about harm, carried by 388 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (303 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
37 of its 95 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).
21 of its 35 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
107 of its 434 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Flooding was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.
117 of its 137 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 57 of Sudan's 117 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
45 of its 54 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sanaa accounted for 30 of Yemen's 45 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
52 of its 143 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Vargas Llosa accounted for 45 of Peru's 52 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (44 stories).
35 of its 114 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories).
19 of its 34 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
14 of its 23 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Puerto Rico (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (43 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in US (144 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 14,486 stories about harm among 81,950 counted on 14 Apr.
Puerto Rico's news mentioned Covid more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 81,950 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Ukraine stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. On 14 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 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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