We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
3,869 of its 5,740 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Paris accounted for 2,146 of France's 3,869 stories about harm, carried by 1,289 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,091 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
301 of its 508 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Bethlehem accounted for 207 of Palestine's 301 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. 108 of Bethlehem's 207 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories).
83 of its 224 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Juba accounted for 174 of South Sudan's 189 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
38 of Tehran's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Flooding was named in 13 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.
313 of its 435 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
110 of its 277 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 24 of Harare's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
45 of Kabul's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Istanbul accounted for 4,757 of Türkiye's 9,102 stories about harm, carried by 2,032 outlets. 2,820 of Istanbul's 4,757 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (1,715 stories).
157 of its 180 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hiv in South Africa (97 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Italy (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Trinidad & Tobago (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hiv in Kenya (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Austria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 Jul. 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 41,906 stories about harm among 158,604 counted on 16 Jul.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 158,604 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Arrests were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US. It was the second day running that the news turned to France.
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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