We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
154 of its 218 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Baghdad accounted for 60 of Iraq's 154 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Covid was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
154 of its 332 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Gopalganj accounted for 66 of Bangladesh's 154 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 42 of Gopalganj's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
10 of its 17 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 37 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
21 of its 85 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Storms were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings. 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.
Jerusalem accounted for 199 of Israel's 516 stories about harm, carried by 471 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
84 of its 332 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
25 of its 80 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storms in Pakistan (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in US (252 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in Australia (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 17,856 stories about harm among 93,182 counted on 17 Jul.
Mentions of storms ran about 6 times their usual in Pakistan's news. of the day's 93,182 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iraq stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. A year earlier, on 17 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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