We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
128 of its 303 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Nairobi accounted for 74 of Kenya's 128 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 59 of Nairobi's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
32 of its 39 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Guatemala City accounted for 28 of Guatemala's 32 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Earthquake was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.
124 of its 264 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 72 of Bangladesh's 124 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
The Red Sea accounted for 34 of Djibouti's 34 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
111 of its 314 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Heavy rain was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
51 of its 75 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories).
58 of its 86 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).
17 of its 20 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 19 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
27 of its 96 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: malaria in Switzerland (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Mexico (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in France (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); bridge collapse in India (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 18,111 stories about harm among 95,440 counted on 9 Jul.
For the third day running, the news turned to Kenya. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 95,440 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Guatemala's news. In Kenya, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. On 9 July 2024, 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 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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