We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
32 of its 37 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bamako accounted for 15 of Mali's 32 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
5 of its 6 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
41 of its 213 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories).
40 of its 76 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Havana accounted for 23 of Cuba's 40 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets.
212 of its 533 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tehran accounted for 162 of Iran's 212 stories about harm, carried by 369 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
95 of its 257 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
26 of its 48 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Damascus accounted for 19 of Syria's 26 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Caracas accounted for 82 of Venezuela's 94 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Russia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in US (133 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Nigeria (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 7,075 stories about harm among 39,205 counted on 4 Jul.
In Russia's news, mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 39,205 stories, as usual. Mali's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%. A year earlier, on 4 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 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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