We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
54 of its 110 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Shuaiba accounted for 38 of Kuwait's 54 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
122 of its 197 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
146 of its 500 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dubai accounted for 136 of the United Arab Emirates' 146 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories).
26 of its 80 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
121 of its 167 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Beirut accounted for 83 of Lebanon's 121 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
2,207 of its 4,786 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 1,063 of Iran's 2,207 stories about harm, carried by 1,116 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (347 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
38 of its 61 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
26 of its 81 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories).
15 of its 35 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
19 of its 28 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Kenya (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Canada (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in India (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 15,825 stories about harm among 86,766 counted on 4 Mar.
Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Iran and Lebanon. 18 in every 100 of the day's 86,766 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Kuwait, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Kenya's news mentioned helicopter crash about 5 times as often as usual. On 4 March 2025, a year earlier, the share was 17 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 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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