We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
283 of its 480 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jerusalem accounted for 120 of Israel's 283 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (92 stories). Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
142 of its 296 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Bangkok accounted for 92 of Thailand's 142 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 81 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories). Drownings were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
106 of its 131 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Gaza accounted for 88 of Palestine's 106 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
165 of its 209 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Kabul accounted for 127 of Afghanistan's 165 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of its 189 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Covid was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
40 of its 77 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 30 of Lebanon's 40 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets.
71 of its 138 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tehran accounted for 49 of Iran's 71 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets.
75 of its 134 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Netherlands (36 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in France (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Mexico (22 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); helicopter crash in Pakistan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ukraine (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 16,726 stories about harm among 76,345 counted on 5 Aug.
22 in every 100 of the day's 76,345 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 5 August 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 22 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 harsher 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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