We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
85 of its 140 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 57 of Iran's 85 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (30 stories). Heavy rain was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 48 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 25 of Haiti's 38 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
28 of its 98 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
50 of its 190 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 224 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
371 of its 798 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Ramallah accounted for 26 of Palestine's 40 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 20 of Ramallah's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
65 of its 126 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories).
12 of its 25 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Philippines (72 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in United Arab Emirates (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Canada (30 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in UK (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 16,507 stories about harm among 77,004 counted on 29 Jul.
The news turned to Iran for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 77,004 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Iran, 61% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual. A year earlier, on 29 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 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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