We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
179 of its 280 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Bamako accounted for 167 of Mali's 179 stories about harm, carried by 369 outlets. 129 of Bamako's 167 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
443 of its 804 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (45 stories). Earthquake was named in 114 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami, landslides and typhoon.
31 of its 44 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
40 of its 98 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
Minsk accounted for 174 of Belarus' 246 stories about harm, carried by 294 outlets. 158 of Minsk's 174 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
57 of its 82 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Pyongyang accounted for 42 of North Korea's 57 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets.
23 of its 45 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
174 of its 394 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Seoul accounted for 124 of South Korea's 174 stories about harm, carried by 277 outlets.
Flooding was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
3 of Lisbon's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Ireland (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in US (208 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in UK (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 28,506 stories about harm among 104,448 counted on 18 Aug.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 9 March 2020. In the Philippines' news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. On 19 August 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 27 today. 27 in every 100 of the day's 104,448 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 29.
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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