We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
107 of its 143 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tripoli accounted for 97 of Libya's 107 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
424 of its 630 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Islamabad accounted for 93 of Pakistan's 424 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Flooding was named in 310 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms, wildfires and heatwave.
59 of its 156 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Nieuw-Beijerland accounted for 27 of the Netherlands' 59 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 47 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 6 of Masyaf's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
22 of its 33 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tigray accounted for 18 of Ethiopia's 22 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Drownings were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Philippine accounted for 50 of the Philippines' 129 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).
12 of Buenos Aires' 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings.
Power cuts were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ukraine (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in UK (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in India (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in US (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 7,369 stories about harm among 35,063 counted on 28 Aug.
The news turned to Libya for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 35,063 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Libya, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual. A year earlier, on 28 August 2021, 33 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Pakistan, on 6 of 7 days.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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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