We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
906 of its 1,301 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Dhaka accounted for 712 of Bangladesh's 906 stories about harm, carried by 679 outlets. 648 of Dhaka's 712 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
40 of its 50 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Mogadishu accounted for 31 of Somalia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 42 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.
52 of its 70 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Darfur accounted for 34 of Sudan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets.
Covid was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
396 of its 1,348 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 57 of Abuja's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
1,787 of its 6,489 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 353 of Southport's 439 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (112 stories).
Beirut accounted for 53 of Lebanon's 70 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
38 of its 50 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 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.
86 of its 168 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 46 of Caracas' 50 stories were about protests or strikes.
Tehran accounted for 169 of Iran's 202 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in US (1095 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Germany (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Canada (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 17,222 stories about harm among 86,914 counted on 5 Aug.
The news turned to Bangladesh for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 86,914 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. In Japan's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. Bangladesh stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 57%. On 6 August 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as 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 harsher 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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