We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
309 of its 434 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Vienna accounted for 297 of Austria's 309 stories about harm, carried by 651 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
347 of its 1,572 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (51 stories). Tsunami was named in 119 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 175 of Bangladesh's 274 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. 130 of Dhaka's 175 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).
39 of its 77 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories).
405 of its 877 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
131 of its 465 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (97 stories). Plane crash was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
29 of its 111 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
41 of its 72 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Beirut accounted for 27 of Lebanon's 41 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
103 of its 493 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (38 stories).
9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 3 of Managua's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Brazil (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Sudan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in Canada (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in UK (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in US (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 18,538 stories about harm among 98,617 counted on 9 Aug.
It was the third day running that the news turned to Austria. of the day's 98,617 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Japan's news mentioned the tsunami about 4 times as often as usual. Austria's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 39%. On 10 August 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 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 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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