We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
94 of its 168 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Elbow Cay accounted for 86 of the Bahamas' 94 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Storms were named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
11 of its 25 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tbilisi accounted for 11 of Georgia's 11 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets. 7 of Tbilisi's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
16 of its 21 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 205 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
55 of its 126 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kathmandu accounted for 38 of Nepal's 55 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets.
39 of its 127 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
Gaza accounted for 33 of Palestine's 58 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Hypothermia was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Food poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Beirut accounted for 321 of Lebanon's 425 stories about harm, carried by 416 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (39 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hypothermia in France (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in India (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in US (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 13,662 stories about harm among 79,559 counted on 9 Apr.
Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 17 in every 100 of the day's 79,559 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Bahamas, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. the news turned to the Bahamas for the second day running. On 9 April 2025, a year earlier, the share was 16 in every 100, 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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