We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
305 of its 684 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jerusalem accounted for 209 of Israel's 305 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. 150 of Jerusalem's 209 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
124 of its 156 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reykjavik accounted for 81 of Iceland's 124 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (40 stories). Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
38 of its 40 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Srebrenica accounted for 35 of Bosnia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
344 of its 1,141 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Hanoi accounted for 283 of Vietnam's 344 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
199 of its 294 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kathmandu accounted for 133 of Nepal's 199 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (154 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash.
34 of its 74 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 14 of Havana's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Natural hazards were named in 36 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.
80 of its 163 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
119 of its 509 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories).
12 of its 21 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 4 of Managua's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Syria (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in Nepal (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in New Zealand (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Japan (38 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); oil spill in Yemen (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 21,306 stories about harm among 115,963 counted on 11 Jul.
In Syria's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 115,963 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 11 July 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Israel, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% 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 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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