We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
122 of its 167 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (29 stories). Wildfires were named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
80 of its 184 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 54 of Malaysia's 80 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
96 of its 181 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jerusalem accounted for 49 of Israel's 96 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
75 of its 272 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 34 of Paris' 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
191 of its 271 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (63 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
31 of its 45 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tigray accounted for 29 of Ethiopia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
68 of its 100 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tehran accounted for 30 of Iran's 68 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 26 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
21 of its 57 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
12 of its 17 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Peru (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); chickenpox in US (126 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Canada (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 9,601 stories about harm among 38,030 counted on 31 Jul.
The news turned to Türkiye for the third day running. Türkiye's news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%. A year earlier, on 31 July 2020, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 38,030 stories, above the usual 24.
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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