We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
74 of its 137 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (37 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
316 of its 725 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Moscow accounted for 208 of Russia's 316 stories about harm, carried by 424 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
40 of its 55 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Karbala accounted for 21 of Iraq's 40 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (23 stories). Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
33 of its 39 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Gramsh accounted for 17 of Albania's 33 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories).
169 of its 181 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Mogadishu accounted for 156 of Somalia's 169 stories about harm, carried by 405 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
265 of its 571 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Islamabad accounted for 139 of Pakistan's 265 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
10 of its 25 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (22 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Road crashes 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.
Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 90 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Heavy rain was 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.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Japan (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in China (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Sudan (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Haiti (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (30 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 8,068 stories about harm among 35,316 counted on 21 Aug.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 35,316 stories, as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria. For the second day running, the news turned to Türkiye. China's news mentioned the drought about 6 times as often as usual. This week the news turned most often to Armenia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
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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