We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
389 of its 1,089 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Hanoi accounted for 225 of Vietnam's 389 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (92 stories). Dengue was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.
110 of its 238 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 53 of Bangladesh's 110 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides.
218 of its 688 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 61 of Cape Town's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Overdoses were named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
175 of its 726 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
62 of its 154 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Flooding was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with landslides, heavy rain and storms.
37 of its 100 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 9 of Minsk's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
47 of its 165 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Wildfires were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms and heatwave.
28 of its 48 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Sfax accounted for 18 of Tunisia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Khartoum accounted for 52 of Sudan's 92 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Cholera was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Norway (44 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); typhoon in South Korea (59 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Azerbaijan (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Sudan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 20,604 stories about harm among 113,601 counted on 9 Aug.
Mentions of flooding ran about 8 times their usual in Norway's news. of the day's 113,601 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 9 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today. Vietnam's news was 36% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%.
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 softer 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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