We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
790 of its 1,817 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 605 of Russia's 790 stories about harm, carried by 970 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Plane crash was named in 207 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
195 of its 420 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Alexandroupolis accounted for 77 of Greece's 195 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (43 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Kabul accounted for 38 of Afghanistan's 91 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
68 of its 232 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
63 of its 92 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Hurricane was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and power cuts.
9 of its 26 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kathmandu accounted for 31 of Nepal's 41 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
65 of its 281 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
71 of its 98 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
27 of its 84 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Dominican Republic (56 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (94 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Haiti (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Türkiye (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in France (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 21,009 stories about harm among 114,011 counted on 23 Aug.
Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 114,011 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 23 August 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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