We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
78 of its 97 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Grindavik accounted for 61 of Iceland's 78 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with earthquake.
26 of its 40 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Puntland accounted for 17 of Somalia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories).
25 of its 63 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).
27 of its 88 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
167 of its 251 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Gaza accounted for 127 of Palestine's 167 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Sweida accounted for 183 of Syria's 365 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (137 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
21 of its 72 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
6 of its 15 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 4 of Chisinau's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
27 of Gopalganj's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Pakistan (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Japan (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in South Africa (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in US (130 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in India (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 17,123 stories about harm among 94,069 counted on 16 Jul.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 6 June 2025. 18 in every 100 of the day's 94,069 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Iceland, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Iceland's news mentioned volcanic eruption about 6 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 16 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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