We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
128 of its 293 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Fribourg accounted for 94 of Switzerland's 128 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 73 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Oslo accounted for 19 of Norway's 25 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
35 of its 87 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).
89 of its 308 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
126 of its 188 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Beirut accounted for 98 of Lebanon's 126 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
136 of its 336 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Dubai accounted for 123 of the United Arab Emirates' 136 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories).
39 of its 50 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 628 of Iran's 1,476 stories about harm, carried by 712 outlets. Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
57 of its 206 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
56 of its 171 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Romania (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in US (344 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Australia (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 15,526 stories about harm among 86,920 counted on 11 Mar.
Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Romania's news. of the day's 86,920 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Switzerland stood out: 44% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. On 11 March 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as 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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