We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
78 of its 148 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kathmandu accounted for 56 of Nepal's 78 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
135 of its 419 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 59 of Nairobi's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
395 of its 1,211 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Outbreaks were named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Jenin accounted for 74 of Palestine's 88 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
58 of its 77 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reykjavik accounted for 26 of Iceland's 58 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).
40 of its 79 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 12 of Unitas' 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories).
19 of Jalisco's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
60 of Tel Aviv's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Bird flu was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
30 of its 71 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in India (227 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in New Zealand (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heatwave in Italy (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Spain (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 21,507 stories about harm among 120,413 counted on 12 Jul.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 1 June 2023. 18 in every 100 of the day's 120,413 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Nepal, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 12 July 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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 softer 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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