We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
130 of its 162 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tbilisi accounted for 124 of Georgia's 130 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
86 of its 173 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 48 of Sandeng's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
212 of its 583 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (107 stories). Accidents were named in 92 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
1,940 of its 2,576 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Gaziantep accounted for 1,005 of Türkiye's 1,940 stories about harm, carried by 672 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (972 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Aleppo accounted for 368 of Syria's 783 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Building collapse was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides and typhoon. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
166 of its 385 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
360 of its 438 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (162 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
43 of its 72 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
134 of its 451 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
447 of its 1,509 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (323 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Greece (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Korea (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Iran (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 54,412 stories about harm among 247,935 counted on 22 Aug.
In Georgia, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 247,935 stories, as usual. Mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news.
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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