We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
103 of its 186 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ankara accounted for 32 of Türkiye's 103 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 23 of Kashmir's 34 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 29 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
100 of its 302 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
36 of its 52 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Damascus accounted for 16 of Syria's 36 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 12 of Lebanon's 18 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
19 of Athens' 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Train derailment was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
120 of its 373 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Rome accounted for 81 of Italy's 120 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets.
21 of its 46 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Respiratory illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in India (149 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Argentina (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Greece (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in France (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Ukraine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 10,483 stories about harm among 58,072 counted on 1 Mar.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Türkiye. of the day's 58,072 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Türkiye stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. A year earlier, on 1 March 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Over February, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in February 2024.
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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