We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
43 of its 80 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Baghdad accounted for 24 of Iraq's 43 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
238 of its 771 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Gas explosion was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts and heatstroke. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
36 of its 124 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%.
90 of its 249 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Storms were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
178 of its 341 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kyiv accounted for 85 of Ukraine's 178 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
72 of its 187 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Damietta accounted for 49 of Egypt's 72 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
118 of its 343 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 60 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).
247 of its 725 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (80 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in China (76 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Greece (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Kenya (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Germany (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 14,991 stories about harm among 75,284 counted on 30 Jul.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 75,284 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Iraq for the second day running. Mentions of Covid ran about 5 times their usual in China's news. In Iraq, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% 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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