We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
172 of its 228 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Latakia accounted for 107 of Syria's 172 stories about harm, carried by 354 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
125 of its 225 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 73 of Palestine's 125 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
41 of its 59 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
87 of its 162 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 41 of Bangladesh's 87 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 31 of Dhaka's 41 stories were about protests or strikes.
15 of its 24 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Guayaquil accounted for 12 of Ecuador's 15 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
31 of its 38 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
553 of its 2,078 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (46 stories). Cyclone was named in 265 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts, storms and storm surge.
55 of its 101 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Covid was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
237 of its 948 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Paris accounted for 183 of France's 237 stories about harm, carried by 473 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Australia (265 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Spain (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Hungary (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Ghana (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 16,708 stories about harm among 95,172 counted on 7 Mar.
18 in every 100 of the day's 95,172 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 7 March 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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