We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
54 of its 56 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Srebrenica accounted for 53 of Bosnia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
289 of its 822 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, heavy rain and landslides.
43 of its 89 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
33 of its 106 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Jammu accounted for 49 of Kashmir's 80 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 38 of Iran's 55 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
45 of its 151 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories).
50 of its 211 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories).
9 of its 12 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
6 of its 14 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Iran (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in Japan (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Australia (46 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Philippines (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in China (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 18,739 stories about harm among 104,761 counted on 11 Jul.
In Bosnia, 96% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 104,761 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 12 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 softer than 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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