We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
133 of its 223 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Pahalgam accounted for 72 of Kashmir's 133 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
26 of its 44 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Luanda accounted for 20 of Angola's 26 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. 14 of Luanda's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).
129 of its 306 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Bangkok accounted for 56 of Thailand's 129 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
44 of its 177 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
25 of its 76 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 4 of Rabat's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.
66 of its 124 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories).
16 of its 47 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
14 of its 17 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
11 of its 13 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
20 of its 28 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in China (85 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Spain (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Germany (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Israel (83 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hepatitis in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 17,430 stories about harm among 91,537 counted on 29 Jul.
Mentions of heavy rain ran about 9 times their usual in China's news. of the day's 91,537 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kashmir stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. A year earlier, on 29 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 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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