We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
11 of its 23 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 4 of Pyongyang's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
398 of its 699 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tripoli accounted for 10 of Libya's 13 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
37 of its 179 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
14 of its 34 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 4 of Lusaka's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). House fires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Bamako accounted for 18 of Mali's 40 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Kenya (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); house fires in Ireland (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); meningitis in US (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 14,345 stories about harm among 82,899 counted on 30 Apr.
North Korea stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 17 in every 100 of the day's 82,899 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 30 April 2025, 18 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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