We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
267 of its 382 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bangkok accounted for 242 of Thailand's 267 stories about harm, carried by 527 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (209 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 76 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 4%. 6 of Buenos Aires' 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
32 of its 34 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
68 of its 200 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Colombo accounted for 45 of Sri Lanka's 68 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories).
68 of its 79 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Marib accounted for 45 of Yemen's 68 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
48 of its 76 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Damascus accounted for 41 of Syria's 48 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories).
36 of its 98 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
10 of its 18 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
59 of its 183 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Puerto Rico (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Kenya (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in France (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in UK (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 12,610 stories about harm among 66,999 counted on 7 Aug.
Puerto Rico's news mentioned the drought about 7 times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 66,999 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Thailand, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. A year earlier, on 7 August 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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