We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
277 of its 423 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Beirut accounted for 261 of Lebanon's 277 stories about harm, carried by 518 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
69 of its 97 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Domazlice accounted for 31 of the Czechia's 69 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
126 of its 295 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Athens accounted for 92 of Greece's 126 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Wildfires were named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heatwave, storms and flooding.
92 of its 435 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
301 of its 393 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 168 of Afghanistan's 301 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
87 of its 146 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Heavy rain was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
51 of its 83 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
124 of its 217 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Heatwave was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
Tehran accounted for 93 of Iran's 173 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). House fires were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Türkiye (30 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Bangladesh (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); house fires in UK (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 19,266 stories about harm among 93,315 counted on 4 Aug.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 21 February 2020. For the second day running, the news turned to Lebanon. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 93,315 stories, below the usual 24. On 4 August 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 21 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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