We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
80 of its 86 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Srebrenica accounted for 71 of Bosnia's 80 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
115 of its 362 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Screwworm was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
7 of its 19 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
9 of its 20 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 3 of Maseru's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
21 of its 32 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
133 of its 329 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tehran accounted for 72 of Iran's 133 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
105 of its 237 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dhaka accounted for 50 of Bangladesh's 105 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
321 of its 758 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
40 of its 80 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
35 of its 72 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Sulaymaniyah accounted for 26 of Iraq's 35 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in UK (150 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Germany (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Ireland (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in India (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 16,479 stories about harm among 87,537 counted on 11 Jul.
19 in every 100 of the day's 87,537 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 11 July 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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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