We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
258 of its 440 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Athens accounted for 223 of Greece's 258 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (179 stories). Wildfires were named in 184 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.
258 of its 331 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 210 of Iraq's 258 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
127 of its 217 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Mount Everest accounted for 94 of Nepal's 127 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Extreme cold was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hypothermia.
124 of its 383 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 67 of Harare's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
46 of its 57 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
330 of its 1,200 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (83 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Sanaa accounted for 51 of Yemen's 78 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
54 of Bangkok's 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
229 of Cheung Kong's 236 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: bridge collapse in Italy (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Japan (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Israel (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Uganda (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Ghana (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 33,093 stories about harm among 168,071 counted on 14 Aug.
Greece stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. It was the second day running that the news turned to Greece. of the day's 168,071 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. A year earlier, on 14 August 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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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