We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
68 of its 88 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Roatan accounted for 51 of Honduras' 68 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Plane crash was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
109 of its 204 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 49 of Iran's 109 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 94 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Budapest accounted for 28 of Hungary's 37 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. 17 of Budapest's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
8 of its 18 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%.
247 of its 361 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Gaza accounted for 190 of Palestine's 247 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,245 of its 1,738 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (297 stories). Outbreaks were named in 81 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
44 of its 59 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kocani accounted for 33 of North Macedonia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 17 of Kocani's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 100 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
10 of its 34 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 5 of Minsk's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
47 of its 89 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Spain (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Israel (81 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in UK (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in India (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 18,300 stories about harm among 100,901 counted on 18 Mar.
Honduras stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 100,901 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Honduras' news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. A year earlier, on 18 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 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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