We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Kabul accounted for 25 of Afghanistan's 61 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 35 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
71 of its 117 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Gaza accounted for 27 of Palestine's 71 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
440 of its 1,814 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (148 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
15 of its 19 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Luganville accounted for 14 of Vanuatu's 15 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.
34 of its 150 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
108 of its 590 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Covid was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 148 of Israel's 393 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 78 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
27 of its 89 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Vanuatu (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Bangladesh (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Brazil (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in France (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Canada (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 12,513 stories about harm among 71,294 counted on 30 Mar.
In Vanuatu's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 71,294 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Afghanistan. A year earlier, on 30 March 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Afghanistan stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 64%.
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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