We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
54 of its 83 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Amhara accounted for 35 of Ethiopia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
116 of its 184 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 56 of Iran's 116 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
429 of its 1,157 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with typhoon, wildfires and tropical storm. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
27 of its 45 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
257 of its 423 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kabul accounted for 159 of Afghanistan's 257 stories about harm, carried by 356 outlets. Hunger was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
35 of its 58 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tripoli accounted for 32 of Libya's 35 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
117 of its 200 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Dhaka accounted for 60 of Bangladesh's 117 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
84 of its 326 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Earthquake was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
150 of its 384 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (92 stories).
18 of its 36 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in France (26 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in India (167 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 20,221 stories about harm among 106,825 counted on 15 Aug.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Ethiopia. of the day's 106,825 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ethiopia stood out: 65% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%. A year earlier, on 15 August 2022, 22 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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