We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
273 of its 444 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Istanbul accounted for 238 of Türkiye's 273 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. 178 of Istanbul's 238 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories).
163 of its 497 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
343 of its 1,245 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
29 of its 131 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
66 of its 145 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Jammu accounted for 36 of Kashmir's 66 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 114 of Palestine's 160 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 61 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
28 of its 103 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
40 of Paris' 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in South Korea (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Italy (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in UK (56 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in US (69 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Israel (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 15,041 stories about harm among 84,576 counted on 24 Mar.
The news turned to Türkiye for the sixth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 84,576 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Türkiye, 61% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. On 24 March 2024, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, 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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