We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
61 of its 166 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Chrcynno accounted for 37 of Poland's 61 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Bird flu was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
112 of its 378 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Cairo accounted for 70 of Egypt's 112 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Dengue was named in 11 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.
105 of its 172 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jammu accounted for 37 of Kashmir's 105 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
180 of its 369 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Athens accounted for 124 of Greece's 180 stories about harm, carried by 359 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories).
412 of its 848 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 92 of Tel Aviv's 114 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with flooding.
23 of its 72 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 8 of Minsk's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
40 of its 106 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
16 of its 35 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
162 of its 747 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.
101 of its 251 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories).
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Vietnam (64 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); typhoon in China (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Colombia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Indonesia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (42 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 21,165 stories about harm among 115,061 counted on 18 Jul.
The news turned to Poland for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 115,061 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Vietnam's news, mentions of heavy rain ran about 9 times their usual. A year earlier, on 18 July 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Poland's news was 37% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%.
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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