We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
69 of its 138 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Copenhagen accounted for 64 of Denmark's 69 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
57 of its 89 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kabul accounted for 21 of Afghanistan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 61 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Mongomo accounted for 17 of Equatorial Guinea's 34 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
20 of its 71 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 5 of Monrovia's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
82 of its 121 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 47 of Palestine's 82 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). HIV was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
25 of its 64 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
11 of its 29 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
52 of its 224 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Ukraine (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Iran (37 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in UK (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 14,012 stories about harm among 83,260 counted on 23 Apr.
In Ukraine's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 83,260 stories, as usual. Denmark's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. A year earlier, on 23 April 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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