We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,090 of its 2,559 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Bangkok accounted for 1,173 of Thailand's 2,090 stories about harm, carried by 813 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,841 stories). Gas explosion was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
78 of its 93 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Bangui accounted for 58 of the Central African Republic's 78 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (75 stories). Cholera was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
69 of its 235 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 28 of Lusaka's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
60 of its 63 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Ile Hunter accounted for 43 of New Caledonia's 60 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
231 of its 291 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Sanaa accounted for 176 of Yemen's 231 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (168 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
164 of its 224 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Sirte accounted for 108 of Libya's 164 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Power cuts were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
747 of its 1,555 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (448 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
94 of its 243 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
14 of its 45 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 8 of Tirana's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories).
78 of its 289 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: polio in Nigeria (329 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Myanmar (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Libya (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Tanzania (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 52,351 stories about harm among 261,942 counted on 12 Aug.
Thailand's news was 82% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. of the day's 261,942 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.
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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