We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
80 of its 197 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Budapest accounted for 61 of Hungary's 80 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
175 of its 238 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Gaza accounted for 129 of Palestine's 175 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
132 of its 144 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Mandalay accounted for 91 of Myanmar's 132 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. Cholera was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 77 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Poisoning was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 45 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 9 of Port-au-Prince's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
58 of its 132 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 33 of Iran's 58 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Wildfires were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 47 of Syria's 79 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of Istanbul's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
92 of its 288 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Brazil (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Türkiye (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); wildfires in UK (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 17,404 stories about harm among 102,009 counted on 3 Apr.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 4 March 2025. of the day's 102,009 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. the news turned to Hungary for the second day running. Mentions of poisoning ran about 6 times their usual in Costa Rica's news. In Hungary, 41% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual.
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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