We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
271 of its 536 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Athens accounted for 237 of Greece's 271 stories about harm, carried by 528 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (135 stories). Wildfires were named in 141 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with drought. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
398 of its 853 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Kursk accounted for 236 of Russia's 398 stories about harm, carried by 462 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). 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.
46 of its 135 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
29 of its 115 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 143 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kampala accounted for 63 of Uganda's 76 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
156 of its 217 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Gaza accounted for 115 of Palestine's 156 stories about harm, carried by 272 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
31 of its 31 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. the Leeward Islands accounted for 28 of Guadeloupe's 31 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Hurricane was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
126 of its 358 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
62 of its 74 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
103 of its 239 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Guadeloupe (29 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in Bermuda (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in Ireland (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Japan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Kenya (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 16,609 stories about harm among 87,775 counted on 12 Aug.
Greece's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. of the day's 87,775 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Greece and Australia. Mentions of wildfires ran about three times their usual in Greece's news. A year earlier, on 13 August 2023, 20 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 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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