We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
187 of its 203 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 134 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms and heavy rain.
167 of its 184 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Hunger was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 53 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Mbeya's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
96 of its 170 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jammu accounted for 82 of Kashmir's 96 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
117 of its 340 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Athens accounted for 88 of Greece's 117 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).
67 of its 157 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kursk accounted for 198 of Russia's 337 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
204 of Kolkata's 274 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 125 of Bangladesh's 202 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 85 of Dhaka's 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 105 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Hurricane was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding and storms.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bermuda (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in U.S. Virgin Islands (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Rwanda (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Brazil (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 18,331 stories about harm among 103,033 counted on 14 Aug.
Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 18 in every 100 of the day's 103,033 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Puerto Rico, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual. Puerto Rico's news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 15 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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