We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
27 of its 32 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Darfur accounted for 22 of Sudan's 27 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
60 of its 107 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
619 of its 2,149 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (195 stories). Plane crash was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
42 of its 111 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Tehran accounted for 617 of Iran's 1,069 stories about harm, carried by 900 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (121 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
48 of its 109 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 48 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
64 of its 108 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Gaza accounted for 28 of Palestine's 64 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
17 of its 45 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Beirut accounted for 38 of Lebanon's 74 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Oman (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in France (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Nigeria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in US (83 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 12,822 stories about harm among 70,040 counted on 23 Mar.
Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Oman's news. of the day's 70,040 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 23 March 2025, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Sudan's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 67%.
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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