We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
106 of its 223 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Sindirgi accounted for 44 of Türkiye's 106 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (62 stories). Earthquake was named in 78 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
77 of its 144 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Bogota accounted for 45 of Colombia's 77 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
15 of its 54 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 4 of Rabat's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). 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.
18 of its 25 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
17 of its 43 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Minsk's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bamako accounted for 13 of Mali's 18 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
151 of its 498 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
6 of Las Medulas' 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Wildfires were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.
36 of its 70 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Hurricane was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tropical storm.
11 of its 28 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bermuda (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Spain (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Italy (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 15,090 stories about harm among 78,514 counted on 11 Aug.
For the second day running, the news turned to Türkiye. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 78,514 stories, as usual. Türkiye's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. On 11 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.
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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