Indonesia
84 of its 196 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Earthquake was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with tsunami.
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
The earthquake in Indonesia, violence in Jammu and people injured in Hungary drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.
Part of lifeHealth
39 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual
Country that rose mostPeru
52 in 100 of its 60 stories, usually 25
RegionEvery region
about as usual
Tone of the words
About as usual
across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →Kashmir
56 of its 97 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jammu accounted for 32 of Kashmir's 56 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Hungary
23 of its 72 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Haiti
21 of its 31 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 12 of Port-au-Prince's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
6 more places the news pointed at
Pakistan
307 of its 742 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Islamabad accounted for 151 of Pakistan's 307 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Syria
Damascus accounted for 23 of Syria's 41 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Afghanistan
Kabul accounted for 36 of Afghanistan's 81 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Peru
31 of its 60 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).
Russia
418 of its 1,105 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Sudan
45 of its 57 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Flooding was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Sudan (36 of its stories, about three times its usual); ebola in Congo (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in China (86 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
21 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 22; 22 the day beforeStories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 16,835 stories about harm among 79,198 counted on 23 Aug.
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Mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual in Sudan's news. of the day's 79,198 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 23 August 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Indonesia's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%.
- 21 in every 100 of the day's 79,198 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 22).
- Indonesia: 84 of its 196 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%.
- Kashmir: 56 of its 97 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%.
- Hungary: 23 of its 72 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%.
- Haiti: 21 of its 31 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%.
- Mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual in Sudan's news.
- Mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual in Congo's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual.
- A year earlier, on 23 August 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Sudan79 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia76 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 77 · mostly health Syria63 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir58 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violenceCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 487 Hyderabad India62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 265 Moscow Russia30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Islamabad Pakistan29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151Stories, not people.
Where it happened
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Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Dallas US accidents & disasters · 182 stories, 318 outlets ● Moscow Russia attacks & violence · 171 stories, 254 outlets ● Dugina Russia attacks & violence · 78 stories, 116 outlets ● Sichuan China accidents & disasters · 40 stories, 143 outlets ● Zion National Park US accidents & disasters · 25 stories, 88 outlets ● Kyiv Ukraine attacks & violence · 114 stories, 115 outlets ● Poyang Lake China accidents & disasters · 13 stories, 75 outlets ● Tehran Iran attacks & violence · 75 stories, 91 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health39% 6,544 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,616 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,428 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,609 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,079 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 598 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 505 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 271 stories · about as usualOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed3,258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,607 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,375 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured768 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions246 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees200 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the UK Stories reporting evacuations122 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people displaced95 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about the usual rateStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
harshwarm
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.