We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
49 of its 115 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Oslo accounted for 24 of Norway's 49 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
331 of its 667 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Power cuts were named in 28 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.
Jerusalem accounted for 154 of Israel's 538 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 64 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Measles was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with rubella.
61 of its 78 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
46 of its 105 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Flooding was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
124 of its 417 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories).
25 of its 86 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
26 of its 44 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Diphtheria was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Bahamas (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Jersey (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Taiwan (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); food poisoning in France (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Somalia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 15,985 stories about harm among 87,930 counted on 19 Aug.
Norway's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 87,930 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the Bahamas' news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual. On 19 August 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, 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 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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