We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
90 of its 120 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (54 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
87 of its 168 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Brussels accounted for 81 of Belgium's 87 stories about harm, carried by 283 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
68 of its 133 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Copenhagen accounted for 55 of Denmark's 68 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 39 of Copenhagen's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
30 of its 61 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 34 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Douala accounted for 19 of Cameroon's 25 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Building collapse was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
42 of its 52 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Mogadishu accounted for 32 of Somalia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
364 of its 625 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (111 stories). Plane crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
54 of its 215 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Typhoon was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
13 of Ang Mo Kio's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
69 of its 91 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Oil spill was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Yemen (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (77 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); building collapse in Cameroon (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 21,082 stories about harm among 113,160 counted on 25 Jul.
Algeria's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. of the day's 113,160 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 25 July 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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 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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