We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
657 of its 766 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 621 of Afghanistan's 657 stories about harm, carried by 543 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (567 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
87 of its 122 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
97 of its 196 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bishkek accounted for 86 of Kyrgyzstan's 97 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories).
46 of its 181 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon.
123 of its 147 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Sanaa accounted for 80 of Yemen's 123 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
272 of its 347 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Idlib accounted for 111 of Syria's 272 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
142 of its 291 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of Vilnius' 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
71 of Yuen Long's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
179 of Beijing's 258 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Hurricane was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heatwave.
Also named far more than usual: dengue in Philippines (102 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Hungary (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Burundi (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Italy (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Mali (14 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 39,196 stories about harm among 174,102 counted on 7 Aug.
Of the day's 174,102 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 7 August 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 23 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 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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