We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
91 of its 125 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Baghdad accounted for 38 of Iraq's 91 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. 27 of Baghdad's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 92 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
17 of its 20 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Bamako accounted for 16 of Mali's 17 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
66 of its 205 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
33 of its 68 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Lilongwe accounted for 18 of Malawi's 33 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. 14 of Lilongwe's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
97 of its 199 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tehran accounted for 55 of Iran's 97 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 86 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Illness was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kabul accounted for 36 of Afghanistan's 91 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Russia (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Canada (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in China (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in US (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 17,546 stories about harm among 82,378 counted on 21 Jul.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Iraq. of the day's 82,378 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iraq stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%. A year earlier, on 21 July 2021, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.
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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