We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
121 of its 339 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Nairobi accounted for 81 of Kenya's 121 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Flooding was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and storms.
30 of its 32 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 237 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Heatwave was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Gaza accounted for 240 of Palestine's 298 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
68 of its 128 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 49 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Niamey accounted for 16 of Niger's 30 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (132 stories). Whooping cough was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
20 of its 41 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. the Red Sea accounted for 15 of Djibouti's 20 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets.
36 of its 164 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 13 of Lisbon's 25 stories were about protests or strikes.
100 of its 283 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Heatwave was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Finland (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Bangladesh (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); meningitis in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in India (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Nigeria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 19,861 stories about harm among 112,914 counted on 25 Apr.
The news turned to Kenya for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 112,914 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Kenya, 36% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. A year earlier, on 26 April 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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 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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