We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
63 of its 69 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Sanaa accounted for 31 of Yemen's 63 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
75 of its 251 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Dubai accounted for 59 of the United Arab Emirates' 75 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).
52 of its 128 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, tropical storm and landslides.
3 of Zhambyl's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
183 of its 328 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
4,002 of its 9,763 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (229 stories). Flooding was named in 511 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storm surge, storms and tropical storm.
1,685 of its 2,174 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kabul accounted for 1,471 of Afghanistan's 1,685 stories about harm, carried by 1,242 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
132 of its 310 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
105 of its 414 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (50 stories).
150 of its 319 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in US (511 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 13,138 stories about harm among 38,684 counted on 29 Aug.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 28 June 2020. Stories about people being harmed made up 34 in every 100 of the day's 38,684 stories, above the usual 25. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Afghanistan and the US. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 5 of them.
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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