We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
116 of its 303 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kyiv accounted for 65 of Ukraine's 116 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
370 of its 1,193 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 35 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Pyongyang accounted for 14 of North Korea's 16 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets.
18 of its 24 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
37 of its 48 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kigali accounted for 18 of Rwanda's 37 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 52 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Sanaa accounted for 22 of Yemen's 41 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
70 of its 251 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories).
11 of its 41 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 3 of Sofia's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
50 of its 91 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
13 of its 17 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Romania (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Myanmar (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Thailand (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Ireland (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in UK (41 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 15,225 stories about harm among 83,931 counted on 7 Apr.
In Romania's news, mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 83,931 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Ukraine. In Ukraine, 38% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. A year earlier, on 7 April 2024, 19 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 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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