We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
127 of its 138 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Bamako accounted for 69 of Mali's 127 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 52 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Juba accounted for 28 of South Sudan's 36 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Jakarta accounted for 47 of Indonesia's 60 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Accidents were named in 13 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.
32 of its 62 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 7 of Damascus' 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
20 of its 36 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 83 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
75 of its 408 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Natural hazards were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Illness was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Covid was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 177 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Italy (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Ukraine (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in India (71 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Iran (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in Australia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 12,480 stories about harm among 70,057 counted on 27 Apr.
The news turned to Mali for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 70,057 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 27 April 2025, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today. Mali stood out: 92% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 59%.
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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