We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
142 of its 208 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Sweida accounted for 89 of Syria's 142 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of its 36 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kigali accounted for 16 of Rwanda's 23 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets. HIV was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
25 of its 55 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tigray accounted for 19 of Ethiopia's 25 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
61 of its 144 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 200 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).
Kordofan accounted for 16 of Sudan's 31 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Drought was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with measles, tornadoes and diphtheria.
Gaza accounted for 104 of Palestine's 149 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in UK (56 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in India (38 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 17,020 stories about harm among 92,686 counted on 15 Jul.
For the second day running, the news turned to Syria. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 92,686 stories, as usual. Syria's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 52%. A year earlier, on 15 July 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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