We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
308 of its 508 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bandar Abbas accounted for 133 of Iran's 308 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (259 stories). Building collapse was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion.
234 of its 319 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Pahalgam accounted for 163 of Kashmir's 234 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
320 of its 977 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Rome accounted for 269 of Italy's 320 stories about harm, carried by 735 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,118 of its 3,470 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Malaria was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
516 of its 940 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (296 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 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.
Gaza accounted for 93 of Palestine's 111 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
15 of its 24 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Earthquake was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Puerto Rico (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); ebola in Uganda (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in US (43 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 10,498 stories about harm among 53,040 counted on 26 Apr.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 16 March 2025. 20 in every 100 of the day's 53,040 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. In Puerto Rico's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 8 times their usual. Iran stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. On 26 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 20 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 harsher 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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