We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
96 of its 276 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Wildfires were named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heatwave. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
37 of its 54 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Kigali accounted for 18 of Rwanda's 37 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
85 of its 193 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dhaka accounted for 47 of Bangladesh's 85 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
18 of its 41 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 91 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Power cuts were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
19 of its 55 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
84 of its 258 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption.
19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
69 of its 199 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Wildfires were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
439 of its 656 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Türkiye (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Czechia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Trinidad & Tobago (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Portugal (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 13,667 stories about harm among 74,946 counted on 4 Jul.
Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 74,946 stories, as usual. On 4 July 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 18 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 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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