We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
252 of its 463 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bangkok accounted for 219 of Thailand's 252 stories about harm, carried by 416 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (213 stories). Poisoning was named in 130 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
184 of its 282 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 141 of Bangladesh's 184 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. 125 of Dhaka's 141 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
124 of its 213 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Storms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
136 of its 252 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 45 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 6 of Pyongyang's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
93 of its 158 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jammu accounted for 63 of Kashmir's 93 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
191 of its 442 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
63 of its 93 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).
27 of its 98 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Covid was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
42 of its 75 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Belgium (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Singapore (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Italy (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); dengue in Ghana (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 19,650 stories about harm among 107,182 counted on 17 Jul.
In Thailand, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 107,182 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Thailand. On 18 July 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, 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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