We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
599 of its 753 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Vienna accounted for 582 of Austria's 599 stories about harm, carried by 1,339 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (141 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
368 of its 1,741 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 203 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with tsunami.
69 of its 133 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 24 of Caracas' 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
1,898 of its 7,285 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Whooping cough was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
25 of its 36 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
45 of Nairobi's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
23 of its 45 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).
21 of its 56 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 9 of Sofia's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.
12 of its 27 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
106 of its 516 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories).
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Yemen (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Greece (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in France (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); overdoses in Canada (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,147 stories about harm among 105,309 counted on 8 Aug.
Austria stood out: 80% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 105,309 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Austria. Japan's news mentioned the earthquake about 10 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 9 August 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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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