We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
362 of its 539 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Dhaka accounted for 250 of Bangladesh's 362 stories about harm, carried by 437 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (231 stories). Plane crash was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
654 of its 920 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 79 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
27 of its 89 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
67 of its 142 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Cocles accounted for 40 of Costa Rica's 67 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
133 of its 199 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sweida accounted for 84 of Syria's 133 stories about harm, carried by 248 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
90 of its 306 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
64 of its 150 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 168 of Palestine's 199 stories about harm, carried by 330 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
75 of its 184 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Russia (51 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in Japan (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Chile (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in South Korea (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Ghana (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 15,616 stories about harm among 80,408 counted on 21 Jul.
Of the day's 80,408 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 21 July 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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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