We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
53 of its 122 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Jammu accounted for 31 of Kashmir's 53 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Snowstorms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
17 of its 35 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
316 of its 657 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Havana accounted for 72 of Cuba's 112 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. 39 of Havana's 72 stories were about protests or strikes.
43 of its 198 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Dubai accounted for 91 of the United Arab Emirates' 119 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Kabul accounted for 34 of Afghanistan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Plane crash was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
50 of its 93 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 54 of Palestine's 97 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: meningitis in UK (149 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in United Arab Emirates (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in US (432 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in South Africa (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 14,108 stories about harm among 77,712 counted on 16 Mar.
The news turned to Kashmir for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 77,712 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ethiopia's news, mentions of landslides ran about 5 times their usual. A year earlier, on 16 March 2025, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Kashmir's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%.
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 softer 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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