We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
218 of its 314 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dhaka accounted for 173 of Bangladesh's 218 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. 163 of Dhaka's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (185 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
72 of its 255 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Bangkok accounted for 55 of Thailand's 72 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Poisoning was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
112 of its 164 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jammu accounted for 86 of Kashmir's 112 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
59 of its 81 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
18 of its 60 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 10 of Almaty's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
136 of its 715 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Heatwave was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with wildfires, earthquake and tornadoes.
64 of its 125 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 135 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
24 of its 113 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
21 of its 49 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Kazakhstan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Italy (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Spain (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); train derailment in India (116 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in South Korea (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 19,485 stories about harm among 107,262 counted on 18 Jul.
The news turned to Bangladesh for the fourth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 107,262 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Bangladesh, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. A year earlier, on 19 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 much 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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