We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
226 of its 517 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Berlin accounted for 171 of Germany's 226 stories about harm, carried by 221 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (148 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
142 of its 446 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Madrid accounted for 88 of Spain's 142 stories about harm, carried by 381 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 5 of Tegucigalpa's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
45 of its 202 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
104 of its 168 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Nablus accounted for 51 of Palestine's 104 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 68 of Ukraine's 148 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
267 of its 649 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories).
12 of its 27 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
7 of its 15 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
6 of its 10 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Australia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hepatitis in India (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); train derailment in US (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 12,656 stories about harm among 64,615 counted on 27 Jul.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Germany. of the day's 64,615 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Nigeria's news mentioned the cholera about 5 times as often as usual. Germany's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. A year earlier, on 27 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 harsher 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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