We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
81 of its 155 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jammu accounted for 41 of Kashmir's 81 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
152 of its 402 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Hurricane was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with cyclone, landslides and avalanche.
92 of its 386 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (523 stories). Poisoning was named in 66 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. 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.
120 of its 244 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Dhaka accounted for 58 of Bangladesh's 120 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
91 of its 128 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Hebron accounted for 39 of Palestine's 91 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 98 of Israel's 192 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
34 of its 43 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Hurricane was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.
14 of its 35 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
129 of its 544 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (32 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Dominican Republic (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Spain (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Armenia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Panama (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 19,236 stories about harm among 99,515 counted on 21 Aug.
19 in every 100 of the day's 99,515 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 21 August 2022, 23 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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