We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
179 of its 245 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 72 of Afghanistan's 179 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
52 of its 109 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 43 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 8 of Yangon's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
56 of its 88 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Amhara accounted for 37 of Ethiopia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (17 stories).
288 of its 704 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (152 stories). Outbreaks were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
64 of its 159 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Warsaw accounted for 44 of Poland's 64 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories).
145 of its 243 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
9 of its 16 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 6 of Karakalpak's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
134 of its 289 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 72 of Bangladesh's 134 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
86 of its 259 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Buenos Aires accounted for 65 of Argentina's 86 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Italy (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in India (265 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in US (1103 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Japan (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Vietnam (38 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 18,761 stories about harm among 97,951 counted on 14 Aug.
Italy's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 97,951 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 14 August 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Afghanistan stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%.
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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