We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
80 of its 125 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Havana accounted for 51 of Cuba's 80 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. 26 of Havana's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
44 of its 113 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kampala accounted for 29 of Uganda's 44 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
75 of its 102 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Kabul accounted for 33 of Afghanistan's 75 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Earthquake was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 27 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
42 of its 73 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
25 of its 54 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
43 of its 102 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
33 of its 139 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Gaza accounted for 24 of Palestine's 38 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Nepal (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Russia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Ireland (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in UK (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in India (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 11,449 stories about harm among 63,952 counted on 3 Apr.
Afghanistan's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 63,952 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Cuba, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual. A year earlier, on 3 April 2025, 17 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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