We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
74 of its 137 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jammu accounted for 43 of Kashmir's 74 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Road crashes were named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
76 of its 123 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Beirut accounted for 47 of Lebanon's 76 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 35 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Aung Hlaing accounted for 13 of Myanmar's 25 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
17 of its 36 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with covid and flu.
234 of its 541 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (202 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 190 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
181 of its 699 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Wildfires were named in 72 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drought, storms and heatwave.
Gaza accounted for 140 of Palestine's 170 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
40 of its 103 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
35 of its 118 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Darfur accounted for 29 of Sudan's 54 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Ghana (190 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in France (72 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); chikungunya in China (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Thailand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Aug. 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 16,845 stories about harm among 93,026 counted on 7 Aug.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 6 June 2025. of the day's 93,026 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kashmir stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%. On 7 August 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, 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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