We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
120 of its 242 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 67 of Israel's 120 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
203 of its 730 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Heavy rain was named in 115 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
50 of its 134 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 21 of Cairo's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).
20 of its 41 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
257 of its 589 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Chernihiv accounted for 130 of Ukraine's 257 stories about harm, carried by 418 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (168 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
61 of its 88 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Nablus accounted for 37 of Palestine's 61 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Illness was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
72 of its 158 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Road crashes were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
47 of its 66 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Baghdad accounted for 42 of Iraq's 47 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
714 of its 1,856 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (236 stories). Wildfires were named in 422 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
86 of its 263 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Plane crash was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Canada (422 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (38 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Spain (42 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Palestine (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Yemen (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 11,992 stories about harm among 59,008 counted on 19 Aug.
Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Canada and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 59,008 stories, above the usual 19. Mentions of wildfires ran about three times their usual in Canada's news. In Israel, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. On 19 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 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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