We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
157 of its 472 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Madrid accounted for 112 of Spain's 157 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (80 stories). Storms were named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drought.
112 of its 172 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Nablus accounted for 67 of Palestine's 112 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of its 37 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. el Obeid accounted for 17 of Sudan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets.
310 of Delhi's 401 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).
61 of its 112 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
163 of its 546 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (58 stories). Wildfires were named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
21 of its 43 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
232 of its 439 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
482 of its 1,084 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
15 of its 49 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in France (83 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in Mexico (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Bangladesh (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Greece (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 14,208 stories about harm among 72,219 counted on 24 Jul.
Spain's news was 33% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 72,219 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. France's news mentioned wildfires about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 24 July 2025, 18 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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