We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
154 of its 356 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kyiv accounted for 107 of Ukraine's 154 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
14 of its 28 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 10 of Luanda's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
32 of its 158 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (16 stories).
57 of its 88 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 10 of San Salvador's 20 stories were about protests or strikes.
26 of its 76 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
20 of its 61 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Tehran accounted for 56 of Iran's 92 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
3 of Sao Paulo's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).
Storms were named in 46 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drownings in Spain (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); train derailment in Pakistan (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (46 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Canada (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); whooping cough in US (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 17,498 stories about harm among 94,372 counted on 1 Aug.
It was the second day running that the news turned to Ukraine. of the day's 94,372 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Vietnam's news mentioned flooding about three times as often as usual. Ukraine's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. A year earlier, on 1 August 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Over July, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in July 2024.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.
Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 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 softer 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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