We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
77 of its 101 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Accidents were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
22 of its 60 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 50 of Iran's 79 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. 35 of Tehran's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
84 of its 314 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
680 of its 913 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (284 stories). Hunger was named in 172 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 53 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 23 of Haiti's 35 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
21 of its 41 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. the Red Sea accounted for 21 of Djibouti's 21 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
28 of its 47 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Ndjamena accounted for 22 of Chad's 28 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
194 of its 457 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
14 of its 46 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: hunger in Israel (172 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Palestine (62 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Djibouti (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Afghanistan (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Mar. 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 11,843 stories about harm among 63,741 counted on 2 Mar.
Israel's news mentioned the hunger about 4 times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 63,741 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Yemen, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual. A year earlier, on 3 March 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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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