We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
97 of its 135 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Caracas accounted for 38 of Venezuela's 97 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (80 stories). Flooding was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
197 of its 504 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (158 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 145 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
89 of its 264 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
5 of Minsk's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
54 of its 105 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 23 of Iran's 54 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
147 of its 549 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (56 stories). Wildfires were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms, heatwave and road crashes.
Gaza accounted for 211 of Palestine's 245 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
8 of its 10 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Beirut accounted for 28 of Lebanon's 42 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Poisoning was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: storms in Greece (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in France (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Australia (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in UK (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 15,897 stories about harm among 85,751 counted on 8 Aug.
People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 85,751 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Venezuela, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 41% is usual. On 8 August 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today.
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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