We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
64 of its 114 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kyiv accounted for 39 of Ukraine's 64 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (23 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
47 of its 66 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Gaza accounted for 23 of Palestine's 47 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
56 of its 63 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
75 of its 248 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Cyclone was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and power cuts.
288 of its 876 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
18 of its 25 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Typhoon was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
15 of its 31 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
15 of its 34 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Lima accounted for 13 of Peru's 15 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets.
9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
38 of its 105 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Guam (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in China (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in India (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in US (21 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 6,429 stories about harm among 37,082 counted on 12 Apr.
Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 17 in every 100 of the day's 37,082 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Ukraine stood out: 56% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. A year earlier, on 12 April 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. This week the news turned most often to Ukraine, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 6 of them.
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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