We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
126 of its 358 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Seoul accounted for 97 of South Korea's 126 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Flooding was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and storms.
67 of its 88 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Gaza accounted for 38 of Palestine's 67 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 22 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 10 of Freetown's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
64 of its 103 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Matanzas accounted for 46 of Cuba's 64 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
36 of Colombo's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kabul accounted for 61 of Afghanistan's 105 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hunger.
203 of its 619 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (58 stories).
48 of its 78 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Polio was named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion and power cuts.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Brazil (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Greece (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Iraq (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Ireland (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (26 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 16,959 stories about harm among 80,812 counted on 10 Aug.
Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 80,812 stories, as usual.
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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