We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
370 of its 1,144 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Rome accounted for 293 of Italy's 370 stories about harm, carried by 399 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (183 stories). Illness was named in 190 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
296 of its 369 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Pahalgam accounted for 184 of Kashmir's 296 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
22 of its 52 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger and storms.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 29 of Haiti's 40 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Cholera was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
101 of its 255 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Buenos Aires accounted for 72 of Argentina's 101 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
156 of its 569 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Typhoon was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with respiratory illness and cyclone.
7 of Darfur's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
83 of its 156 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
7 of its 18 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (190 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (31 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Australia (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Israel (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in US (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 16,694 stories about harm among 92,945 counted on 22 Apr.
In Ethiopia's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 92,945 stories, as usual. Italy's news was 32% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. A year earlier, on 22 April 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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