We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
63 of its 90 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tripoli accounted for 55 of Libya's 63 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
375 of its 626 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 280 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides, storms and earthquake.
41 of its 114 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
68 of its 162 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 88 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tigray accounted for 47 of Ethiopia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
21 of its 56 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 5 of Riyadh's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
31 of its 72 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tunis accounted for 30 of Tunisia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Covid was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Kabul accounted for 38 of Afghanistan's 68 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Tunisia (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Thailand (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Afghanistan (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in India (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in US (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 8,580 stories about harm among 41,774 counted on 27 Aug.
In Libya, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 41,774 stories, below the usual 22. A year earlier, on 27 August 2021, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.
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 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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