We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
62 of its 96 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Havana accounted for 46 of Cuba's 62 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. 38 of Havana's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
26 of its 38 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Phnom Penh accounted for 17 of Cambodia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Hunger was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 24 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Srebrenica accounted for 20 of Bosnia's 23 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
34 of its 78 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
301 of its 407 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
166 of its 231 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Gaza accounted for 104 of Palestine's 166 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
58 of its 122 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
18 of its 31 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
138 of its 301 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
22 of its 82 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in UK (101 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Spain (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Ireland (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); building collapse in India (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 10,100 stories about harm among 50,863 counted on 12 Jul.
In Cambodia's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 50,863 stories, as usual. Cuba's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. On 12 July 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 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 much harsher 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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