We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
149 of its 208 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 107 of Palestine's 149 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
74 of its 150 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Storms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with wildfires.
92 of its 371 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tsunami.
40 of Melbourne's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
341 of its 480 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Jerusalem accounted for 91 of Israel's 341 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (155 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 57 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 25 of Lebanon's 29 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
104 of its 256 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tehran accounted for 66 of Iran's 104 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
31 of its 54 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Building collapse was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
50 of its 139 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in US (783 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Nigeria (54 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 9,537 stories about harm among 47,778 counted on 5 Jul.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 7 May 2025. of the day's 47,778 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Pakistan. Mentions of the earthquake ran about three times their usual in Japan's news. On 5 July 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 20 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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