We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
102 of its 151 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Anantnag accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 102 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
603 of its 1,332 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 280 of Iran's 603 stories about harm, carried by 446 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
203 of its 731 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
17 of its 99 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
57 of its 110 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Braunau accounted for 42 of Austria's 57 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories).
30 of its 51 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Barima accounted for 22 of Guyana's 30 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).
13 of its 28 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
462 of Delhi's 543 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Gas explosion was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
29 of its 46 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).
35 of its 42 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: food poisoning in Indonesia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Mexico (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Italy (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in Greece (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in US (217 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 14,812 stories about harm among 75,947 counted on 22 Jul.
In Indonesia's news, mentions of food poisoning ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 75,947 stories, as usual. Kashmir's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%. A year earlier, on 22 July 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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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