We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
39 of its 117 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Building collapse was named in 13 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.
11 of its 13 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Srebrenica accounted for 10 of Bosnia's 11 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 31 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tbilisi accounted for 16 of Georgia's 16 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. 15 of Tbilisi's 16 stories were about protests or strikes.
41 of its 155 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories).
71 of its 114 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jammu accounted for 41 of Kashmir's 71 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
26 of its 79 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
87 of its 126 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
47 of its 106 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Khartoum accounted for 55 of Sudan's 102 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
16 of its 27 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in South Korea (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); illness in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Sweden (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (29 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatstroke in China (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 9,966 stories about harm among 51,317 counted on 9 Jul.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 4 June 2023. 19 in every 100 of the day's 51,317 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the news turned to Brazil for the second day running. Brazil's news was 33% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. This week the news turned most often to Hong Kong, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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