We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
40 of its 45 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Abyan accounted for 30 of Yemen's 40 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (35 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
159 of its 238 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 114 of Palestine's 159 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
21 of its 112 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
32 of Sydney's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
47 of its 67 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. el Teniente accounted for 41 of Chile's 47 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).
27 of its 88 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Landslides were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
245 of its 580 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Volcanic eruption was named in 82 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
70 of its 306 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
7 of its 16 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
10 of its 26 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Russia (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Vietnam (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in South Korea (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Pakistan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in UK (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 8,583 stories about harm among 41,788 counted on 3 Aug.
Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 21 in every 100 of the day's 41,788 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. In Russia's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual. Yemen stood out: 89% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%. A year earlier, on 3 August 2024, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Angola, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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 much 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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