We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
48 of its 103 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Elbow Cay accounted for 37 of the Bahamas' 48 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Storms were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
58 of its 97 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Baghdad accounted for 49 of Iraq's 58 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
9 of its 13 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
5 of its 5 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Kabul accounted for 22 of Afghanistan's 50 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 54 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 51 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Storms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
13 of its 25 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
116 of its 437 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
55 of its 178 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Fiji (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Dominican Republic (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Lebanon (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in New Zealand (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 13,641 stories about harm among 80,087 counted on 8 Apr.
On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about three times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 80,087 stories, as usual. Mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual in the Bahamas' news. In the Bahamas, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. A year earlier, on 8 April 2025, 17 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 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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