We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
266 of its 335 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Dhaka accounted for 195 of Bangladesh's 266 stories about harm, carried by 518 outlets. 173 of Dhaka's 195 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
74 of its 95 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Hudaydah accounted for 63 of Yemen's 74 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
195 of its 499 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
10 of its 10 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tel Aviv accounted for 254 of Israel's 545 stories about harm, carried by 661 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (265 stories). Polio was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
11 of its 31 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 5 of Vienna's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
Philippine accounted for 134 of the Philippines' 175 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Tropical storm was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories). Heavy rain was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with bridge collapse, typhoon and tropical storm. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
66 of its 247 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Iraq (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in China (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); nipah virus in India (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Israel (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 9,902 stories about harm among 51,425 counted on 21 Jul.
The news turned to Bangladesh for the seventh day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 51,425 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Iraq's news, mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual. Bangladesh stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%. A year earlier, on 22 July 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 7 of 7 days.
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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