We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
29 of its 42 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Rubaya accounted for 18 of Rwanda's 29 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
125 of its 284 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 43 of Baku's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
119 of its 172 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Beirut accounted for 93 of Lebanon's 119 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
79 of its 158 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Colombo accounted for 44 of Sri Lanka's 79 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
2,065 of its 4,197 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 903 of Iran's 2,065 stories about harm, carried by 893 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (470 stories). Oil spill was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
132 of its 455 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Dubai accounted for 117 of the United Arab Emirates' 132 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
19 of its 58 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Avalanche was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
40 of its 86 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Oil spill was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
18 of its 52 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Kuwait (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in United Arab Emirates (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (108 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in UK (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 16,300 stories about harm among 87,555 counted on 5 Mar.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iran and the US. of the day's 87,555 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Rwanda's news mentioned landslides about 7 times as often as usual. Rwanda's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. A year earlier, on 5 March 2025, 17 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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