We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
652 of its 1,000 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Islamabad accounted for 202 of Pakistan's 652 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (38 stories). Storms were named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with wildfires and heatwave.
10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 7 of Ikongo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
67 of its 94 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tripoli accounted for 51 of Libya's 67 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
39 of its 66 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Phnom Penh accounted for 19 of Cambodia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
69 of its 181 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Earthquake was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with tsunami.
Baghdad accounted for 92 of Iraq's 118 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. 78 of Baghdad's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories).
53 of its 185 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (26 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); covid in Türkiye (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Somalia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Greenland (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in France (29 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 13,344 stories about harm among 65,921 counted on 29 Aug.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 21 February 2020. of the day's 65,921 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. the news turned to Pakistan for the sixth day running. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 8 times their usual in Indonesia's news. A year earlier, on 29 August 2021, 34 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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 about as 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?
Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.
Create a free accountSign in · a username, an email and a password.