We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
158 of its 328 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Istanbul accounted for 131 of Türkiye's 158 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. 89 of Istanbul's 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
175 of its 276 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Gaza accounted for 137 of Palestine's 175 stories about harm, carried by 385 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
95 of its 177 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kabul accounted for 68 of Afghanistan's 95 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets.
11 of its 35 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
108 of its 231 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 67 of Iran's 108 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
206 of its 841 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Kocani accounted for 17 of North Macedonia's 21 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (204 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in France (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Canada (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storm surge in US (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 18,287 stories about harm among 102,858 counted on 20 Mar.
For the second day running, the news turned to Türkiye. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 102,858 stories, as usual. Mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual in France's news. In Türkiye, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 20 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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