We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
130 of its 284 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Nairobi accounted for 63 of Kenya's 130 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 54 of Nairobi's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
59 of its 66 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. the Red Sea accounted for 59 of Djibouti's 59 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
71 of its 102 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kathmandu accounted for 32 of Nepal's 71 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
99 of its 144 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
66 of its 169 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Cairo accounted for 49 of Egypt's 66 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories).
36 of its 67 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Heavy rain 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.
57 of its 91 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
80 of its 260 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Heatwave was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
4 of Sanaa's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (31 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in France (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Switzerland (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Greece (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Brazil (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 17,750 stories about harm among 93,915 counted on 8 Jul.
Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 93,915 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Kenya for the second day running. Kenya's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. A year earlier, on 8 July 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 softer 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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