We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
133 of its 228 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jammu accounted for 65 of Kashmir's 133 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (39 stories). Flooding was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
60 of its 82 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Darfur accounted for 31 of Sudan's 60 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
57 of its 224 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
24 of its 79 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 3 of Nassau's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.
137 of its 359 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
150 of its 466 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
91 of its 392 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Covid was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
94 of its 231 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).
20 of its 41 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Spain (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Kuwait (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); rabies in India (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 16,968 stories about harm among 90,810 counted on 14 Aug.
In Kashmir's news, mentions of flooding ran about 6 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 90,810 stories, as usual. Kashmir's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%. A year earlier, on 14 August 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 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 much 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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