We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
186 of its 477 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Lumut accounted for 112 of Malaysia's 186 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (137 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
58 of its 99 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Baghdad accounted for 27 of Iraq's 58 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
29 of its 87 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Respiratory illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
289 of its 444 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Gaza accounted for 218 of Palestine's 289 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 48 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 85 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 45 of Haiti's 55 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Meningitis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Hualien accounted for 65 of Taiwan's 95 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 15 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).
51 of its 133 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: accidents in Colombia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Greece (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in France (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in China (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 18,889 stories about harm among 111,590 counted on 23 Apr.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 21 March 2024. of the day's 111,590 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. Peru's news mentioned respiratory illness more than ten times as often as usual. Malaysia's news was 39% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. On 24 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 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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