We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
132 of its 232 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Istanbul accounted for 106 of Türkiye's 132 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
63 of its 87 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Nadi accounted for 40 of Fiji's 63 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding.
Gaza accounted for 35 of Palestine's 53 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
6 of its 7 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
30 of its 42 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. the Panama Canal accounted for 20 of Panama's 24 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).
77 of its 138 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Baghdad accounted for 58 of Iraq's 77 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories).
76 of its 213 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 74 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: measles in Bangladesh (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 13,504 stories about harm among 76,951 counted on 7 Apr.
Türkiye's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 76,951 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Fiji's news mentioned heavy rain about 5 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 7 April 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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