We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
142 of its 207 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Beirut accounted for 129 of Lebanon's 142 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
52 of its 139 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Kyiv accounted for 40 of Ukraine's 52 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. 37 of Kyiv's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
297 of its 398 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 116 of Afghanistan's 297 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
80 of its 224 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Athens accounted for 56 of Greece's 80 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Wildfires were named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heatwave and storms.
137 of its 247 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Wildfires were named in 90 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heatwave.
34 of its 93 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
45 of its 71 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tigray accounted for 27 of Ethiopia's 45 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
25 of its 66 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 7 of Nassau's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of its 72 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 86 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Türkiye (90 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in France (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Ireland (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in UK (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 18,031 stories about harm among 77,406 counted on 3 Aug.
Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 77,406 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 3 August 2020, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 much softer 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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