We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
38 of its 49 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sanaa accounted for 22 of Yemen's 38 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 11 of Sanaa's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
222 of its 445 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Athens accounted for 175 of Greece's 222 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Gaza accounted for 103 of Palestine's 128 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 55 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 74 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 11 of Mbeya's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
83 of its 440 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Heatwave was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
55 of its 136 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 185 of Bangladesh's 296 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. 133 of Dhaka's 185 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
92 of its 106 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Storms were named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding, landslides and heavy rain.
18 of its 30 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Hurricane was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Puerto Rico (46 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Bermuda (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Syria (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in U.S. Virgin Islands (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Venezuela (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 17,898 stories about harm among 99,570 counted on 13 Aug.
In Puerto Rico's news, mentions of storms ran about 6 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 99,570 stories, as usual. Yemen's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 56%. A year earlier, on 14 August 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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