We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
509 of its 812 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 446 of Iran's 509 stories about harm, carried by 885 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
182 of its 382 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Caracas accounted for 115 of Venezuela's 182 stories about harm, carried by 450 outlets. 97 of Caracas' 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
20 of its 37 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Volcanic eruption was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
16 of its 50 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
1,558 of its 7,065 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 347 of Southport's 470 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (378 stories). HIV was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
166 of its 271 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 154 of Lebanon's 166 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
65 of its 112 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Baghdad accounted for 43 of Iraq's 65 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
20 of its 41 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 10 of Conakry's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 81 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 7 of Lisbon's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).
21 of its 43 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in India (404 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in North Korea (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in Singapore (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Croatia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Ireland (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 19,907 stories about harm among 105,725 counted on 31 Jul.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Singapore. of the day's 105,725 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iran stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%. On 1 August 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 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 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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