We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
119 of its 162 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jammu accounted for 53 of Kashmir's 119 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (57 stories). Flooding was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
81 of its 153 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kabul accounted for 49 of Afghanistan's 81 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
60 of its 217 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 27 of Iran's 42 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
338 of its 738 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Flooding was named in 163 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides and helicopter crash. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 31 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Mopti accounted for 15 of Mali's 23 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).
134 of its 420 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 60 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
100 of its 419 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Heatwave was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
12 of its 46 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Pakistan (163 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Puerto Rico (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Spain (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Bahamas (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Denmark (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 14,997 stories about harm among 81,967 counted on 15 Aug.
The news turned to Kashmir for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 81,967 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Pakistan's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. Kashmir stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%. A year earlier, on 15 August 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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