We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
285 of its 444 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kyiv accounted for 230 of Ukraine's 285 stories about harm, carried by 477 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (203 stories). Building collapse was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
107 of its 193 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Mukdahan accounted for 69 of Thailand's 107 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 21 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 38 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 8 of Tirana's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).
79 of its 144 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Damascus accounted for 69 of Syria's 79 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
154 of its 385 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Heavy rain was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
La Guaira accounted for 217 of Venezuela's 275 stories about harm, carried by 280 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with diphtheria and measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
148 of its 424 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Building collapse was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
83 of its 225 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).
7 of its 15 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in France (25 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Sri Lanka (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); building collapse in Russia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Venezuela (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 13,541 stories about harm among 74,968 counted on 2 Jul.
Côte d’Ivoire's news mentioned flooding about 5 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 74,968 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ukraine, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. A year earlier, on 2 July 2025, 18 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 about as 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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