We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
161 of its 382 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Philippine accounted for 105 of the Philippines' 161 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
447 of its 642 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Jerusalem accounted for 130 of Israel's 447 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (208 stories). Flooding was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Nairobi accounted for 34 of Kenya's 68 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. 23 of Nairobi's 34 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
5,539 of its 18,205 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (2,341 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
129 of its 184 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 98 of Palestine's 129 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 24 of Syria's 28 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
104 of its 298 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). HIV was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Jammu accounted for 26 of Kashmir's 58 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Ghana (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (25 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hiv in Canada (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in UK (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); accidents in US (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 11,596 stories about harm among 53,287 counted on 14 Jul.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 15 October 2023. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Mentions of the dengue ran more than ten times their usual in Ghana's news. of the day's 53,287 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18.
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 much harsher 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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