We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
117 of its 203 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Karachi accounted for 53 of Pakistan's 117 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (36 stories). Heavy rain was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding.
45 of its 73 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Havana accounted for 21 of Cuba's 45 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 16 of Havana's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).
20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Bamako accounted for 15 of Mali's 20 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).
137 of its 444 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Flooding was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
8 of its 8 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Srebrenica accounted for 8 of Bosnia's 8 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
33 of its 124 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Drought was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with wildfires and heatwave.
Colombo accounted for 118 of Sri Lanka's 161 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. 103 of Colombo's 118 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories).
112 of its 163 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 32 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
324 of its 727 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Portugal (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (49 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in UK (127 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in Canada (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 16,404 stories about harm among 79,905 counted on 12 Jul.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 3 May 2022. of the day's 79,905 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. the news turned to Pakistan for the fourth day running. Mentions of heavy rain ran about 6 times their usual in Pakistan's news. In Pakistan, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual.
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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