We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
24 of its 46 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Libreville accounted for 21 of Gabon's 24 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 11 of Libreville's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
46 of its 52 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khartoum accounted for 23 of Sudan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Dengue was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (91 stories). Road crashes were named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 40 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).
Moscow accounted for 232 of Russia's 298 stories about harm, carried by 405 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Plane crash was named in 121 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
88 of its 131 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 46 of Afghanistan's 88 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
39 of its 91 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 7 of Copenhagen's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Hebron accounted for 31 of Palestine's 54 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 20 of Hebron's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Idlib accounted for 23 of Syria's 35 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
9 of Stockholm's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Russia (121 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Bermuda (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Kenya (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Mexico (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Cuba (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 11,543 stories about harm among 61,013 counted on 26 Aug.
Gabon stood out: 52% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 15%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 61,013 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Russia's news, mentions of plane crash ran about three times their usual. On 26 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 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 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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