We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
160 of its 589 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Paris accounted for 90 of France's 160 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Chikungunya was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
91 of its 254 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Typhoon was named in 69 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and storms.
Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Poisoning was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
7 of its 20 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%.
706 of its 943 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
144 of its 321 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dhaka accounted for 65 of Bangladesh's 144 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories).
209 of its 324 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 166 of Palestine's 209 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Sanaa accounted for 16 of Yemen's 19 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
44 of its 72 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
10 of its 21 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Malaysia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Ireland (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Canada (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); screwworm in US (125 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 14,092 stories about harm among 75,275 counted on 25 Aug.
19 in every 100 of the day's 75,275 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 25 August 2024, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, 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 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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