We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
94 of its 138 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Baghdad accounted for 54 of Iraq's 94 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
84 of its 160 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Ladakh accounted for 56 of Kashmir's 84 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 53 of Ladakh's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).
96 of its 159 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Havana accounted for 56 of Cuba's 96 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (54 stories).
36 of its 79 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).
45 of its 153 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
116 of its 165 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Beirut accounted for 84 of Lebanon's 116 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
175 of its 362 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
54 of its 169 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (19 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kyiv accounted for 48 of Ukraine's 63 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of its 43 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Brazil (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in US (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 9,417 stories about harm among 49,365 counted on 14 Mar.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 49,365 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iraq stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%. A year earlier, on 14 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.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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