We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
111 of its 234 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Stockholm accounted for 62 of Sweden's 111 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
209 of its 1,081 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Typhoon was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, tropical storm and heavy rain.
398 of its 1,005 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 99 of Bangladesh's 158 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. 54 of Dhaka's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
64 of its 118 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Storms were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding, storm surge and heavy rain.
89 of its 99 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).
179 of its 194 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
36 of its 62 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Covid was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
16 of its 20 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Malaria was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
9 of its 20 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: storms in Bermuda (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in North Korea (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Mali (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Taiwan (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 19,065 stories about harm among 100,354 counted on 15 Aug.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 100,354 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Sweden stood out: 47% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. Mentions of storms ran about 5 times their usual in Bermuda's news. On 16 August 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, 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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