We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
235 of its 484 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 111 of Israel's 235 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories). Wildfires were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
160 of its 290 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Hanoi accounted for 97 of Vietnam's 160 stories about harm, carried by 384 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
24 of its 41 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tripoli accounted for 18 of Libya's 24 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Covid was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave and plague.
52 of its 101 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kampala accounted for 31 of Uganda's 52 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories).
43 of its 74 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 15 of Ramallah's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 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.
17 of its 42 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 21 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 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.
5 of its 8 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 1,652 of Afghanistan's 2,085 stories about harm, carried by 1,388 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Cuba (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Bahamas (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Kenya (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); food poisoning in UK (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 21,979 stories about harm among 88,232 counted on 25 Aug.
It was the fifth day running that the news turned to Israel. of the day's 88,232 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Afghanistan and the US. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Libya's news. On 25 August 2020, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 25 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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