We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
112 of its 262 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Athens accounted for 88 of Greece's 112 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Plane crash was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
165 of its 339 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Moscow accounted for 84 of Russia's 165 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
253 of its 529 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 25 of Islamabad's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Flu was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with bird flu and outbreaks. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
50 of its 160 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Earthquake was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
170 of its 529 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (135 stories). Drownings were named in 47 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with flooding.
61 of its 152 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 39 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Darfur accounted for 16 of Sudan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
78 of its 123 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Gaza accounted for 46 of Palestine's 78 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Storms were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Egypt (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Romania (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Spain (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Hungary (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Sri Lanka (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Aug. 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 12,028 stories about harm among 62,058 counted on 3 Aug.
In Egypt's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 62,058 stories, as usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Greece. In Greece, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. On 3 August 2025, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 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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