We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
180 of its 402 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Nairobi accounted for 115 of Kenya's 180 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. 100 of Nairobi's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
197 of its 221 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Carriacou accounted for 180 of Grenada's 197 stories about harm, carried by 487 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (96 stories). Heatwave was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
40 of its 51 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Cholera was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 164 of Palestine's 192 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 91 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Phnom Penh accounted for 32 of Cambodia's 45 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 25 of Phnom Penh's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories).
42 of its 64 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 9 of Afrin's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
1,366 of its 5,234 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Dengue was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with chikungunya, dust storm and food poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
134 of its 226 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
49 of its 88 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Montevideo accounted for 43 of Uruguay's 49 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (46 stories).
19 of its 26 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 10 of Nouakchott's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Jamaica (50 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in Greece (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Brazil (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in South Korea (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 18,691 stories about harm among 103,558 counted on 2 Jul.
In Jamaica's news, mentions of flooding ran about 6 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 103,558 stories, as usual. Kenya's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. A year earlier, on 3 July 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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