We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
73 of its 108 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Limassol accounted for 70 of Cyprus' 73 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Wildfires were named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms, drought and heatwave.
286 of its 528 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Bangkok accounted for 164 of Thailand's 286 stories about harm, carried by 327 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
48 of its 119 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Sziget accounted for 35 of Hungary's 48 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. 18 of Sziget's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
55 of its 99 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of evacuations 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.
96 of its 179 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Phnom Penh accounted for 49 of Cambodia's 96 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
192 of its 581 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Tropical storm was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with typhoon.
44 of Kyiv's 81 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Wildfires were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms and heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 76 of Bangladesh's 130 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Plane crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 70 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Türkiye (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); food poisoning in Ireland (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Bangladesh (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 17,304 stories about harm among 94,431 counted on 24 Jul.
In Cyprus, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 16% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 94,431 stories, as usual. Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in Cyprus' news. On 24 July 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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