We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
599 of its 966 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Moscow accounted for 359 of Russia's 599 stories about harm, carried by 360 outlets. 252 of Moscow's 359 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Accidents were named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
337 of its 360 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Morogoro accounted for 240 of Tanzania's 337 stories about harm, carried by 390 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (215 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
789 of its 967 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jerusalem accounted for 485 of Israel's 789 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (350 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
248 of its 280 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Tripoli accounted for 192 of Libya's 248 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
87 of its 90 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Paung accounted for 71 of Myanmar's 87 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
25 of its 46 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 22 of Bucharest's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
711 of its 2,213 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (283 stories). Power cuts were named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
20 of its 49 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Tornadoes were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
281 of its 590 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
136 of its 490 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Dengue was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in Luxembourg (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Argentina (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Uganda (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in France (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 23,716 stories about harm among 92,390 counted on 10 Aug.
Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about China and India. Luxembourg's news mentioned tornadoes more than ten times as often as usual. Russia's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. of the day's 92,390 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above 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 much 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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