We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
79 of its 153 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Gaziantep accounted for 43 of Türkiye's 79 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Road crashes were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
184 of its 196 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 153 of Somalia's 184 stories about harm, carried by 399 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
215 of its 481 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Islamabad accounted for 111 of Pakistan's 215 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
809 of its 2,656 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Landslides were named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with earthquake. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
70 of its 151 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Dhaka accounted for 35 of Bangladesh's 70 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
135 of its 231 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Cyclone was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm and hurricane.
34 of its 45 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
208 of its 675 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories). Heatwave was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms and landslides.
13 of its 16 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (16 stories). Poisoning was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Mexico (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Congo (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (21 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tsunami in Ukraine (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in China (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 9,361 stories about harm among 41,322 counted on 20 Aug.
Mentions of the cyclone ran more than ten times their usual in Mexico's news. of the day's 41,322 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria. In Türkiye, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is 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 much 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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