We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
128 of its 313 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Bangkok accounted for 102 of Thailand's 128 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (93 stories). Poisoning was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
155 of its 290 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dhaka accounted for 107 of Bangladesh's 155 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. 96 of Dhaka's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
94 of its 127 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (56 stories). Heavy rain was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
188 of its 266 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jammu accounted for 153 of Kashmir's 188 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's.
Nairobi accounted for 93 of Kenya's 149 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. 58 of Nairobi's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
127 of its 170 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.
18 of its 22 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Malaria was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
307 of its 689 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
104 of its 210 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
180 of its 242 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Gaza accounted for 143 of Palestine's 180 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: malaria in Côte d’Ivoire (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Belize (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Italy (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (57 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in Ghana (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 19,515 stories about harm among 104,169 counted on 16 Jul.
Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Thailand's news. of the day's 104,169 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Thailand stood out: 41% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. A year earlier, on 17 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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