We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
145 of its 228 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Istanbul accounted for 112 of Türkiye's 145 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. 89 of Istanbul's 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
132 of its 365 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Moscow accounted for 83 of Russia's 132 stories about harm, carried by 231 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (80 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
53 of its 132 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 55 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Bucharest accounted for 29 of Romania's 36 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets.
38 of its 39 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Fambita accounted for 17 of Niger's 38 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
88 of its 276 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
43 of its 118 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (109 stories). Illness was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 106 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Respiratory illness was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
72 of its 208 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Argentina (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in South Korea (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Israel (43 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in UK (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 10,484 stories about harm among 55,888 counted on 22 Mar.
It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Türkiye. of the day's 55,888 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Argentina's news mentioned respiratory illness about three times as often as usual. Türkiye's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. A year earlier, on 22 March 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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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