We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
243 of its 321 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Vienna accounted for 237 of Austria's 243 stories about harm, carried by 530 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (213 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
1,973 of its 7,262 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 314 of Southport's 462 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
166 of its 701 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Building collapse was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
77 of its 154 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kathmandu accounted for 55 of Nepal's 77 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Helicopter crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 399 of Bangladesh's 579 stories about harm, carried by 301 outlets. 295 of Dhaka's 399 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
41 of its 48 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Outbreaks were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
265 of its 658 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
187 of its 336 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tehran accounted for 98 of Iran's 187 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
24 of its 35 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
64 of its 173 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Congo (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Italy (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Sudan (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in United Arab Emirates (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heavy rain in Yemen (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 19,991 stories about harm among 106,244 counted on 7 Aug.
In Austria, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 106,244 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual in Congo's news. A year earlier, on 8 August 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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