We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
29 of its 36 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Shovi accounted for 27 of Georgia's 29 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Landslides were named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
122 of its 204 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jammu accounted for 77 of Kashmir's 122 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
101 of its 235 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 23 of Tel Aviv's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Darfur accounted for 30 of Sudan's 48 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
89 of its 224 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Seoul accounted for 70 of South Korea's 89 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Heatwave was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
19 of its 22 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Ljubljana accounted for 17 of Slovenia's 19 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories).
50 of its 68 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 121 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beirut accounted for 43 of Lebanon's 55 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
234 of its 933 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Drought was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Landslides were named in 55 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Vietnam (55 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Afghanistan (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in South Korea (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in China (45 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Spain (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 12,163 stories about harm among 63,862 counted on 5 Aug.
People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about South Korea and the US. 19 in every 100 of the day's 63,862 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Georgia. Georgia stood out: 81% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. On 5 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 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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