We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
104 of its 172 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tehran accounted for 76 of Iran's 104 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Illness was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
63 of its 106 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 29 of Afghanistan's 63 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
43 of its 50 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Niamey accounted for 74 of Niger's 126 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
12 of Seoul's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
149 of its 469 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).
52 of its 64 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
25 of its 38 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories).
91 of its 187 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 42 of Bangladesh's 91 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in US (935 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Colombia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Sweden (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Brazil (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Myanmar (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 12,041 stories about harm among 61,462 counted on 12 Aug.
It was the third day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 61,462 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iran stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%. On 12 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, 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 much 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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