We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
51 of its 72 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Beirut accounted for 26 of Lebanon's 51 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
109 of its 285 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (88 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
60 of its 151 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 31 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories).
69 of its 189 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Athens accounted for 38 of Greece's 69 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Wildfires were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms.
45 of its 104 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 34 of Iran's 45 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
167 of its 441 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
72 of its 137 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 141 of Palestine's 183 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
20 of its 68 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Greece (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in France (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatstroke in Canada (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in UK (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in US (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 9,832 stories about harm among 49,652 counted on 9 Aug.
Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 49,652 stories, as usual. On 9 August 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 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 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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