We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
219 of its 352 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 28 of Kashmir's 42 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 11 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.
93 of its 294 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
26 of its 39 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Berea accounted for 11 of Syria's 26 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
91 of its 171 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Havana accounted for 54 of Cuba's 91 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 19 of Palestine's 48 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
Bamako accounted for 19 of Mali's 29 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Kenya (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); illness in Iran (26 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in India (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in US (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 May. 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 7,568 stories about harm among 44,876 counted on 2 May.
In Kenya's news, mentions of heavy rain ran about 9 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 44,876 stories, as usual. Israel's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 48%. On 2 May 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, 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 harsher 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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