We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
120 of its 247 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Dhaka accounted for 61 of Bangladesh's 120 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
125 of its 206 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Quito accounted for 101 of Ecuador's 125 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 89 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Accidents were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
195 of its 281 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tehran accounted for 150 of Iran's 195 stories about harm, carried by 298 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).
24 of its 47 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Pyongyang accounted for 21 of North Korea's 24 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Tropical storm was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
29 of its 84 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Hypothermia was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
32 of its 108 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 12 of Buenos Aires' 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
73 of its 122 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
85 of its 119 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. 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 (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in US (1445 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in Sweden (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in North Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Austria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 20,260 stories about harm among 106,636 counted on 11 Aug.
Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 106,636 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 11 August 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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?
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