We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 78 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Yerevan accounted for 25 of Armenia's 29 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
114 of its 251 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Dhaka accounted for 66 of Bangladesh's 114 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
39 of its 57 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tigray accounted for 24 of Ethiopia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
67 of its 187 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Outbreaks were named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with measles.
64 of its 193 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 11 of Riyadh's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
164 of its 527 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
69 of its 189 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 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.
83 of its 141 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jammu accounted for 55 of Kashmir's 83 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
68 of its 109 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Damascus accounted for 42 of Syria's 68 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Zimbabwe (28 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Bahamas (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in South Korea (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in France (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in China (28 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 16,764 stories about harm among 80,988 counted on 17 Aug.
Algeria's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 80,988 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.
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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