We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
776 of its 992 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khartoum accounted for 523 of Sudan's 776 stories about harm, carried by 695 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (79 stories). Cholera was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with measles and polio. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
37 of its 44 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tripoli accounted for 27 of Libya's 37 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
201 of its 296 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kabul accounted for 148 of Afghanistan's 201 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
188 of its 475 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (88 stories). Hunger was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
39 of its 120 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 17 of Budapest's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
185 of its 448 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 51 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
100 of its 279 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Jeddah accounted for 74 of Saudi Arabia's 100 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories).
Tehran accounted for 71 of Iran's 113 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
51 of its 157 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flu in Türkiye (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Vietnam (54 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in Belgium (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Russia (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (45 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 23,532 stories about harm among 132,238 counted on 26 Apr.
It was the seventh day running that the news turned to Sudan. of the day's 132,238 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and Saudi Arabia. Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Libya's news. A year earlier, on 26 April 2022, 22 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.
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 softer 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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