We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
62 of its 117 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Yerevan accounted for 56 of Armenia's 62 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
101 of its 196 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 54 of Bangladesh's 101 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
83 of its 140 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jammu accounted for 36 of Kashmir's 83 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
39 of its 111 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with measles.
Kabul accounted for 159 of Afghanistan's 230 stories about harm, carried by 292 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Hunger was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
258 of its 679 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Polio was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hiv. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
52 of its 153 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Damascus accounted for 31 of Syria's 58 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
10 of its 15 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
16 of its 35 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Sudan (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in France (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in Spain (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Germany (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in China (40 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 16,426 stories about harm among 77,887 counted on 16 Aug.
The news turned to Armenia for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 77,887 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Sudan's news, mentions of flooding ran about 6 times their usual. Armenia stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%.
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 softer 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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