We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
137 of its 265 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Jakarta accounted for 120 of Indonesia's 137 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (88 stories). Accidents were named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
92 of its 157 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Vienna accounted for 85 of Austria's 92 stories about harm, carried by 395 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
16 of its 37 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
73 of its 244 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
92 of its 104 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Bamako accounted for 37 of Mali's 92 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
107 of its 349 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Athens accounted for 73 of Greece's 107 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories).
12 of its 21 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
29 of its 79 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).
10 of its 20 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).
37 of its 100 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Haiti (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in New Zealand (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in India (66 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in Russia (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 14,006 stories about harm among 80,314 counted on 28 Apr.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Indonesia. of the day's 80,314 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Haiti's news mentioned the earthquake about 4 times as often as usual. Indonesia's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. A year earlier, on 28 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 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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