We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
529 of its 1,415 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tehran accounted for 279 of Iran's 529 stories about harm, carried by 559 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (183 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
72 of its 222 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Hurricane was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
50 of its 165 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 7 of Istanbul's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
82 of its 142 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Havana accounted for 48 of Cuba's 82 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets.
Gaza accounted for 40 of Palestine's 56 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
42 of its 126 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
6 of its 6 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
18 of its 50 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Food poisoning was named in 281 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with extreme cold.
Also named far more than usual: bird flu in New Zealand (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in US (281 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in UK (52 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 14,447 stories about harm among 78,051 counted on 15 Jul.
It was the fifth day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 78,051 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Cameroon. Mentions of bird flu ran more than ten times their usual in New Zealand's news. In Iran, 37% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual.
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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