We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
68 of its 85 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Darfur accounted for 33 of Sudan's 68 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
81 of its 452 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
23 of its 64 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Gaza accounted for 81 of Palestine's 112 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (137 stories). Dust storm was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
60 of its 119 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
43 of its 183 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 108 of Israel's 361 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 56 of Iran's 77 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Mexico (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Pakistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in US (334 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dust storm in India (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 16,374 stories about harm among 93,863 counted on 11 Apr.
The news turned to Sudan for the second day running. 17 in every 100 of the day's 93,863 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Hungary's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 6 times their usual. Sudan stood out: 80% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 62%. A year earlier, on 11 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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