We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
494 of its 565 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Jenin accounted for 443 of Palestine's 494 stories about harm, carried by 540 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
97 of its 258 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Stockholm accounted for 81 of Sweden's 97 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 59 of Stockholm's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
86 of its 226 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tsunami.
409 of its 1,209 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Moscow accounted for 270 of Russia's 409 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Plague was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
257 of its 502 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tel Aviv accounted for 110 of Israel's 257 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
336 of its 1,262 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 150 of Paris' 230 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 39 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tbilisi accounted for 23 of Georgia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. 17 of Tbilisi's 23 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Flooding was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 35 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 6 of Mbororo's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Azerbaijan (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Mexico (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in China (22 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 17,198 stories about harm among 90,804 counted on 4 Jul.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Palestine. of the day's 90,804 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Japan's news mentioned the earthquake about 5 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 4 July 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In Palestine, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 67% 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 harsher 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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