We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
45 of its 106 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Fnideq accounted for 25 of Morocco's 45 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 15 of Fnideq's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
413 of its 889 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Madrid accounted for 146 of Spain's 413 stories about harm, carried by 305 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (330 stories). Drownings were named in 114 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
32 of its 46 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Algiers accounted for 29 of Algeria's 32 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
389 of its 724 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (127 stories). Avalanche was named in 127 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
38 of its 69 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Sunsari accounted for 21 of Nepal's 38 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).
19 of its 22 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Mopti accounted for 12 of Mali's 19 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
406 of its 722 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Drought was named in 72 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
36 of its 63 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
39 of its 126 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storms in Greece (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Italy (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Kenya (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in UK (72 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in India (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 13,862 stories about harm among 71,085 counted on 31 Jul.
In Morocco, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 12% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 71,085 stories, as usual. Mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual in Pakistan's news. On 31 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 much 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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