We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
177 of its 267 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Montecristi accounted for 78 of the Dominican Republic's 177 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (127 stories). Earthquake was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 47 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. Mandalay accounted for 22 of Myanmar's 44 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
28 of its 36 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
30 of its 65 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).
14 of its 27 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bamako accounted for 12 of Mali's 14 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets.
98 of its 339 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
53 of its 214 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
22 of its 38 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Sanaa accounted for 21 of Yemen's 31 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Philippines (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (19 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Australia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Canada (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 16,409 stories about harm among 96,870 counted on 8 Apr.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 3 March 2025. 17 in every 100 of the day's 96,870 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. In the Dominican Republic, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. the Dominican Republic's news mentioned the earthquake about 4 times as often as usual. On 8 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, 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 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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