We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
34 of its 39 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Union Island accounted for 27 of St Vincent's 34 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Tropical storm was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heatwave.
275 of its 1,224 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (87 stories). Road crashes were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 31 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Montevideo accounted for 23 of Uruguay's 25 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).
38 of its 78 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 9 of Minsk's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
42 of its 60 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 24 of Haiti's 42 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
189 of its 299 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Cyclone was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts.
170 of its 194 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Carriacou accounted for 160 of Grenada's 170 stories about harm, carried by 478 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (56 stories).
22 of its 29 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
29 of its 74 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 10 of Phnom Penh's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
1,430 of its 5,122 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (268 stories). Dengue was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with bridge collapse, dust storm and chikungunya.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Taiwan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Germany (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Jamaica (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in Japan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Russia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 18,926 stories about harm among 102,863 counted on 3 Jul.
St Vincent stood out: 87% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 102,863 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. St Vincent's news mentioned tropical storm about 9 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 4 July 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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