We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
47 of its 89 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
78 of its 158 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Beirut accounted for 70 of Lebanon's 78 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories).
Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Poisoning was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
14 of its 18 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
26 of its 46 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
16 of its 57 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
17 of its 18 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).
41 of its 76 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Phnom Penh accounted for 23 of Cambodia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets.
25 of its 73 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
15 of its 35 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Sudan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Canada (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in UK (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storm surge in US (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 14,917 stories about harm among 70,372 counted on 1 Aug.
Uganda's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 70,372 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 1 August 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Uganda stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. Over July, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 in July 2021.
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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