We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,582 of its 2,700 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Islamabad accounted for 986 of Pakistan's 1,582 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (754 stories). Drought was named in 27 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.
297 of its 452 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (204 stories). Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
127 of its 355 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 7 of Hong Kong Island's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
153 of its 255 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vienna accounted for 139 of Austria's 153 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (127 stories).
287 of its 406 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kathmandu accounted for 250 of Nepal's 287 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (230 stories). Storms were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
75 of its 89 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 60 of Honduras' 75 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.
681 of its 733 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Measles was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
87 of its 236 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 10 of Oslo's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
172 of its 540 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
67 of its 145 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Spain (64 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in New Zealand (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Myanmar (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Portugal (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Jordan (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 54,812 stories about harm among 239,620 counted on 15 Aug.
Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Norway. of the day's 239,620 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of wildfires ran about 6 times their usual in Spain's news. In Pakistan, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual.
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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