We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
35 of its 63 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Sohar accounted for 26 of Oman's 35 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 51 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Landslides were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with flooding and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 626 of Iran's 1,445 stories about harm, carried by 786 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories). Plane crash was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
139 of its 236 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Havana accounted for 75 of Cuba's 139 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (83 stories).
186 of its 289 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (134 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
161 of its 224 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Beirut accounted for 129 of Lebanon's 161 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
66 of its 97 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Kabul accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
293 of its 610 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
37 of its 45 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in South Korea (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Nigeria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in India (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in UK (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 15,316 stories about harm among 81,464 counted on 13 Mar.
Oman stood out: 56% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 81,464 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 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 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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