We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
436 of its 819 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Kyiv accounted for 341 of Ukraine's 436 stories about harm, carried by 619 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (367 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
110 of its 263 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Landslides were named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 66 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 123 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
117 of its 181 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kathua accounted for 37 of Kashmir's 117 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's.
208 of its 711 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Storms were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
172 of its 242 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Gaza accounted for 137 of Palestine's 172 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
43 of its 92 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories).
8 of its 13 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 176 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storms in South Africa (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in US (622 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Kenya (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in Canada (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in Australia (27 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 17,089 stories about harm among 90,323 counted on 8 Jul.
In Indonesia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 90,323 stories, as usual. Ukraine's news was 53% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. A year earlier, on 9 July 2023, 19 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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