We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,016 of its 2,568 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Kabul accounted for 1,758 of Afghanistan's 2,016 stories about harm, carried by 1,410 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (1,198 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
117 of its 508 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
68 of its 156 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
12 of its 17 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
98 of its 170 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
177 of its 316 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Manila accounted for 67 of the Philippines' 177 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).
95 of its 157 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Dhaka accounted for 48 of Bangladesh's 95 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
4,822 of its 12,645 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Hurricane was named in 687 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm and storm surge.
49 of its 78 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Hurricane was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with tropical storm.
52 of its 89 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Colombo accounted for 30 of Sri Lanka's 52 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Cuba (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); illness in Greece (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in US (687 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 15,207 stories about harm among 45,749 counted on 28 Aug.
It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 5 July 2020. of the day's 45,749 news stories, 33 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 25. the news turned to Afghanistan for the third day running. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Afghanistan and the US.
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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