We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
602 of its 620 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Skopje accounted for 588 of North Macedonia's 602 stories about harm, carried by 600 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (247 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
592 of its 965 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Brussels accounted for 480 of Belgium's 592 stories about harm, carried by 479 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (432 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
69 of its 79 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 20 of Oromo's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
864 of its 2,371 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Outbreaks were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
396 of its 697 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Tropical storm was named in 334 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
660 of its 1,443 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Bangkok accounted for 543 of Thailand's 660 stories about harm, carried by 432 outlets. 441 of Bangkok's 543 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
146 of its 148 stories (99%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Kidal accounted for 144 of Mali's 146 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.
101 of its 181 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
740 of its 1,062 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Istanbul accounted for 482 of Türkiye's 740 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Train derailment was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
28 of its 76 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (334 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Kuwait (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Nicaragua (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); building collapse in India (144 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Ukraine (12 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 29,094 stories about harm among 134,172 counted on 7 Aug.
In North Macedonia, 97% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 134,172 stories, as usual. This week the news turned most often to Belize, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.
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 harsher 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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