We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
66 of its 93 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Gaza accounted for 33 of Palestine's 66 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
56 of its 92 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 18 of Havana's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Power cuts were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
49 of its 94 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
58 of its 152 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Nairobi accounted for 40 of Kenya's 58 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
257 of its 507 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 101 of Israel's 257 stories about harm, carried by 265 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 61 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 4 of Astana's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories).
45 of its 70 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Baghdad accounted for 33 of Iraq's 45 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (78 stories). Plane crash was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of its 24 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 9 of Brazzaville's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
45 of its 168 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storms in US (210 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Iran (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in UK (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 8,009 stories about harm among 41,095 counted on 15 Mar.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iran and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 41,095 stories, above the usual 18. Mentions of power cuts ran about three times their usual in Cuba's news. In Palestine, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual. A year earlier, on 15 March 2025, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Lebanon, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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