We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
111 of its 139 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Hebron accounted for 41 of Palestine's 111 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 55 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 21 of Haiti's 38 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Landslides were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane and heavy rain.
542 of its 1,172 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
64 of its 327 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). 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.
244 of its 468 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Alexandroupolis accounted for 152 of Greece's 244 stories about harm, carried by 400 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories).
22 of its 30 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
66 of its 79 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khartoum accounted for 39 of Sudan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
51 of its 98 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).
34 of its 66 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Hurricane was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
42 of its 129 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (160 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in South Africa (97 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Dominican Republic (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Italy (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Philippines (30 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 21,264 stories about harm among 111,323 counted on 22 Aug.
Of the day's 111,323 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 22 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, 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 softer 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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