We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
114 of its 195 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 96 of Kenya's 114 stories about harm, carried by 219 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (71 stories). Flooding was named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, drownings and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
115 of its 160 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Beirut accounted for 76 of Lebanon's 115 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 38 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Plague was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
36 of its 101 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories).
35 of its 70 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Colombo accounted for 28 of Sri Lanka's 35 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories).
94 of its 193 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
52 of its 175 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
28 of its 66 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 621 of Iran's 1,125 stories about harm, carried by 903 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 102 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in US (289 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Canada (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Australia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in UK (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 9,466 stories about harm among 50,075 counted on 7 Mar.
Kenya's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 50,075 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iran and Lebanon. Kenya stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. A year earlier, on 7 March 2025, 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 much 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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