We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
62 of its 151 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Lachin accounted for 38 of Azerbaijan's 62 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
87 of its 286 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Illness was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Moscow accounted for 311 of Russia's 527 stories about harm, carried by 518 outlets. Wildfires were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storm surge. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Road crashes were named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 85 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
6 of Tamale's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
10 of Deir Ezzor's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
9 of its 20 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
24 of its 105 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).
9 of its 16 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Vietnam (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in US (1224 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Taiwan (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 21,953 stories about harm among 112,915 counted on 30 Aug.
Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Vietnam's news. of the day's 112,915 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Azerbaijan stood out: 41% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. On 30 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 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 much 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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