We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
78 of its 108 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Khartoum accounted for 30 of Sudan's 78 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 80 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 12 of Buenos Aires' 17 stories were about protests or strikes.
47 of its 224 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories).
36 of its 125 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
47 of its 109 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 31 of Kashmir's 47 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
1,067 of its 4,639 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (407 stories). Tsunami was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
38 of its 49 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sanaa accounted for 29 of Yemen's 38 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 83 of Palestine's 129 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of its 39 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 4 of Dar es Salaam's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
8 of its 17 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 3 of Guayaquil's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Philippines (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in Australia (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); helicopter crash in US (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in India (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 17,002 stories about harm among 100,450 counted on 10 Apr.
In Nigeria's news, mentions of flooding ran about 5 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 100,450 stories, below the usual 18. Sudan's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 61%. A year earlier, on 10 April 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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