We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
92 of its 193 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tehran accounted for 57 of Iran's 92 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
87 of its 279 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Tropical storm was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, flooding and typhoon.
22 of its 48 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
13 of its 17 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 11 of Freetown's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
52 of its 57 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Cetinje accounted for 34 of Montenegro's 52 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 91 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
85 of its 306 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
66 of its 133 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 34 of Israel's 66 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
12 of its 24 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
56 of its 147 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in UK (94 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (20 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in Ireland (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 9,268 stories about harm among 40,724 counted on 13 Aug.
South Korea's news mentioned outbreaks about 4 times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 40,724 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 August 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Iran stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%.
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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