We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
51 of its 157 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Pernambuco accounted for 34 of Brazil's 51 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (32 stories). Building collapse was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 35 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tbilisi accounted for 23 of Georgia's 23 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. 18 of Tbilisi's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
111 of its 190 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
125 of its 281 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (100 stories).
79 of its 154 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jammu accounted for 47 of Kashmir's 79 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
68 of its 185 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 22 of Nairobi's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Srebrenica accounted for 11 of Bosnia's 11 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
64 of its 74 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Khartoum accounted for 44 of Sudan's 64 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
13 of Seoul's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Tsunami was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drought in Vietnam (53 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Kashmir (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in China (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 11,814 stories about harm among 61,465 counted on 8 Jul.
In Brazil's news, mentions of building collapse ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 61,465 stories, as usual. Brazil's news was 32% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. A year earlier, on 8 July 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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 much 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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