We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
82 of its 208 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 30 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Aung Hlaing accounted for 17 of Myanmar's 25 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories).
28 of its 57 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Damascus accounted for 16 of Syria's 28 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
34 of its 100 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
52 of its 112 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bamenda accounted for 21 of Cameroon's 52 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets.
18 of its 42 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
27 of its 75 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).
14 of its 37 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Israel (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in India (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in UK (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 12,986 stories about harm among 77,669 counted on 17 Apr.
In Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 77,669 stories, as usual. Indonesia's news was 39% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. A year earlier, on 17 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 much 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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