We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
530 of its 736 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 170 of Israel's 530 stories about harm, carried by 377 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tornadoes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
79 of its 117 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Matanzas accounted for 56 of Cuba's 79 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories).
Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (80 stories). Chikungunya was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with norovirus.
5 of Yangon's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
22 of its 41 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Ndjamena accounted for 17 of Chad's 22 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
45 of its 101 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bogota accounted for 31 of Colombia's 45 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Earthquake was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
81 of its 112 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 48 of Palestine's 81 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
208 of its 518 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Helicopter crash was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).
22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drought in Italy (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Colombia (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Mexico (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Hungary (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in Pakistan (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 14,952 stories about harm among 68,226 counted on 8 Aug.
It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Israel. of the day's 68,226 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Italy's news mentioned the drought about three times as often as usual. Israel's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%.
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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