We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
176 of its 312 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Istanbul accounted for 135 of Türkiye's 176 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. 102 of Istanbul's 135 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
148 of its 467 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Kyiv accounted for 65 of Ukraine's 148 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
198 of its 313 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 126 of Palestine's 198 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
134 of its 509 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (7 stories). Wildfires were named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms, snowstorms and tropical storm.
33 of its 121 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Vienna accounted for 26 of Austria's 33 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
9 of Sao Paulo's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 194 of Israel's 649 stories about harm, carried by 442 outlets. 104 of Jerusalem's 194 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Darfur accounted for 26 of Sudan's 44 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Flu was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with bird flu, nipah virus and measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
8 of Minsk's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in New Zealand (39 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); poisoning in Brazil (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in UK (49 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bridge collapse in US (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 17,018 stories about harm among 98,302 counted on 25 Mar.
It was the seventh day running that the news turned to Türkiye. of the day's 98,302 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Türkiye stood out: 56% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. A year earlier, on 25 March 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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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