We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
553 of its 1,593 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Paris accounted for 424 of France's 553 stories about harm, carried by 736 outlets. 326 of Paris' 424 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (280 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
440 of its 502 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Jenin accounted for 384 of Palestine's 440 stories about harm, carried by 570 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
63 of its 184 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
84 of its 133 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kabul accounted for 38 of Afghanistan's 84 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets.
71 of its 152 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Tehran accounted for 38 of Iran's 71 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 25 of Tehran's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
138 of its 327 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Stockholm accounted for 106 of Sweden's 138 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. 60 of Stockholm's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
222 of its 509 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
39 of its 112 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
30 of its 70 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 10 of Beirut's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Khartoum accounted for 21 of Sudan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Sudan (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in China (48 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 17,316 stories about harm among 94,102 counted on 3 Jul.
The news turned to France for the sixth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 94,102 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 July 2022, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. France stood out: 35% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%.
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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