We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
84 of its 139 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Udhampur accounted for 68 of Kashmir's 84 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Road crashes were named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
114 of its 272 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Mexico City accounted for 73 of Mexico's 114 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 38 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
15 of its 39 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 11 of Pyongyang's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
286 of its 778 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Tokyo accounted for 130 of Japan's 286 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Tsunami was named in 234 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake, volcanic eruption and flooding.
27 of its 31 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Accidents were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
150 of its 496 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Landslides were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 110 of Israel's 296 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
34 of its 99 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories).
9 of its 23 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (234 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Guam (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in New Zealand (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Iran (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in India (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 12,585 stories about harm among 71,272 counted on 20 Apr.
In Japan's news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 71,272 stories, as usual. Kashmir's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. On 20 April 2025, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 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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