We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
68 of its 83 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. el Tarf accounted for 32 of Algeria's 68 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (24 stories). Heatwave was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drought and tornadoes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
254 of its 349 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 218 of Afghanistan's 254 stories about harm, carried by 380 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (148 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
447 of its 1,602 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 90 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heatwave, storms and landslides.
12 of its 32 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
144 of its 489 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (32 stories). Power cuts were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
48 of its 77 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tigray accounted for 38 of Ethiopia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Malaria was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
226 of its 587 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (47 stories). Landslides were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
77 of its 210 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 24 of Riyadh's 34 stories were about protests or strikes.
23 of its 63 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
12 of its 12 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in France (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in New Zealand (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Canada (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 16,868 stories about harm among 80,289 counted on 18 Aug.
In Algeria, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 80,289 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Algeria. In China's news, mentions of the drought ran about 7 times their 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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