We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
49 of its 76 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Karbala accounted for 24 of Iraq's 49 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
97 of its 192 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 69 of Bangladesh's 97 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. 53 of Dhaka's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories).
120 of its 349 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
168 of its 442 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Tropical storm was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
67 of its 174 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Lachin accounted for 52 of Azerbaijan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories).
51 of its 101 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 23 of Kashmir's 51 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of Jerusalem's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
62 of its 136 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories).
11 of its 24 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
288 of its 984 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Taiwan (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Egypt (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in China (30 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 11,704 stories about harm among 62,549 counted on 29 Jul.
In Taiwan's news, mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 62,549 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 July 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In Iraq, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% 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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