We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
289 of its 1,013 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Dublin accounted for 191 of Ireland's 289 stories about harm, carried by 494 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (152 stories). Road crashes were named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
98 of its 148 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Baghdad accounted for 42 of Iraq's 98 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
14 of its 74 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 4%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
7 of its 8 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 5 of Mandalay's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
189 of its 411 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
207 of its 483 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Moscow accounted for 111 of Russia's 207 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
346 of its 863 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Earthquake was named in 289 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with gas explosion, power cuts and landslides.
246 of its 814 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (62 stories). Outbreaks were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding.
Kyiv accounted for 74 of Ukraine's 130 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
118 of its 453 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (289 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in China (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Brazil (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Greece (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in France (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 15,216 stories about harm among 76,503 counted on 29 Jul.
Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 76,503 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ireland, 29% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. On 29 July 2025, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, 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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