We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
40 of its 46 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Ljubljana accounted for 26 of Slovenia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Storms were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
114 of its 157 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Damascus accounted for 88 of Syria's 114 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
31 of its 80 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 31 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 6 of Luanda's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
175 of its 499 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Seoul accounted for 139 of South Korea's 175 stories about harm, carried by 356 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 9 times the usual rate (14 stories). Typhoon was named in 72 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm and heatwave.
41 of its 62 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
41 of its 96 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Storms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.
86 of its 121 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Jenin accounted for 39 of Palestine's 86 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 55 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 5 of Dar es Salaam's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).
27 of its 61 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in South Korea (72 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (71 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Pakistan (96 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Cyprus (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Latvia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 18,368 stories about harm among 95,189 counted on 7 Aug.
People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about South Korea and the UK. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 95,189 stories, as usual. Slovenia's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. In South Korea's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual. On 7 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 24 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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