We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
381 of its 636 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 325 of Iran's 381 stories about harm, carried by 438 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
147 of its 294 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Caracas accounted for 84 of Venezuela's 147 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. 53 of Caracas' 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories).
595 of its 1,328 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Moscow accounted for 415 of Russia's 595 stories about harm, carried by 747 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (335 stories).
35 of its 63 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
501 of its 1,759 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 88 of Abuja's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
88 of its 161 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Beirut accounted for 83 of Lebanon's 88 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 123 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
1,604 of its 7,359 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 269 of Southport's 375 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (357 stories).
Dhaka accounted for 62 of Bangladesh's 123 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. 40 of Dhaka's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Gaza accounted for 101 of Palestine's 126 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Jamaica (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in South Korea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Australia (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in India (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Aug. 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 19,995 stories about harm among 106,385 counted on 1 Aug.
On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 106,385 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual in South Korea's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Iran. Iran stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%. Over July, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 in July 2023.
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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