We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
159 of its 265 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Goesan accounted for 66 of South Korea's 159 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (81 stories). Train derailment was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse and power cuts. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 45 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
61 of its 129 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Stockholm accounted for 54 of Sweden's 61 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 46 of Stockholm's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
58 of its 139 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Heatstroke was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
71 of its 301 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
254 of its 758 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
20 of its 35 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 8 of Tripoli's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories).
90 of its 407 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Jerusalem accounted for 72 of Israel's 118 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. 36 of Jerusalem's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
29 of its 62 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Israel (50 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Spain (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Canada (45 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in UK (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 12,273 stories about harm among 63,059 counted on 15 Jul.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 3 June 2023. 19 in every 100 of the day's 63,059 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In South Korea, 60% of the news was about people being harmed, where 13% is usual. South Korea's news mentioned train derailment more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about South Korea and India.
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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