We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
157 of its 266 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 93 of Iran's 157 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
141 of its 175 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kocani accounted for 102 of North Macedonia's 141 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
39 of its 146 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
14 of its 28 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 8 of Tbilisi's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.
152 of its 186 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Sanaa accounted for 94 of Yemen's 152 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
63 of its 167 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 45 of Syria's 133 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 40 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
30 of its 84 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
32 of its 155 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Peru (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Ireland (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tornadoes in US (375 of its stories, about three times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 15,653 stories about harm among 86,857 counted on 17 Mar.
In Peru's news, mentions of flooding ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 86,857 stories, as usual. Iran's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. A year earlier, on 17 March 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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