We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
207 of its 432 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Mexico City accounted for 110 of Mexico's 207 stories about harm, carried by 407 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories). Road crashes were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
16 of its 46 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 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.
23 of its 45 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Malabo accounted for 17 of Equatorial Guinea's 23 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).
9 of its 24 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 4 of Tbilisi's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Covid was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
153 of its 769 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories).
Jerusalem accounted for 132 of Israel's 372 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
3 of Stockholm's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Iran (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Africa (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Nigeria (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in India (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in US (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 14,368 stories about harm among 81,958 counted on 21 Apr.
Belize's news mentioned road crashes more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 81,958 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Mexico. Mexico stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. On 21 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 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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