We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
86 of its 194 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Caracas accounted for 66 of Venezuela's 86 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. 39 of Caracas' 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories).
96 of its 204 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Dhaka accounted for 53 of Bangladesh's 96 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 99 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
98 of its 426 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
Kathmandu accounted for 20 of Nepal's 28 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 17 of Kathmandu's 20 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Cyclone was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 39 of Lebanon's 72 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (46 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in India (44 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); chikungunya in UK (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 13,724 stories about harm among 82,323 counted on 26 Mar.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 10 February 2026. In New Zealand's news, mentions of flooding ran about 5 times their usual. Venezuela stood out: 44% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. 17 in every 100 of the day's 82,323 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18.
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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