We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
116 of its 266 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Athens accounted for 88 of Greece's 116 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (63 stories). Wildfires were named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.
68 of its 130 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of its 26 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 3 of Khartoum's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
137 of its 434 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 25 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
306 of its 415 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Kabul accounted for 141 of Afghanistan's 306 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
38 of its 65 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 15 of Beita's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 40 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
9 of its 17 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
21 of its 29 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Sudan (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Brazil (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in South Korea (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); hepatitis in Canada (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 17,087 stories about harm among 72,172 counted on 6 Aug.
The news turned to Greece for the fourth day running. 24 in every 100 of the day's 72,172 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 6 August 2020, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. Greece stood out: 44% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 24 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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