We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
367 of its 652 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kyiv accounted for 307 of Ukraine's 367 stories about harm, carried by 468 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (207 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
133 of its 190 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jammu accounted for 96 of Kashmir's 133 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
16 of Buenos Aires' 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
282 of its 714 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
314 of its 670 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (952 stories). Food poisoning was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with malaria.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Building collapse was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Gaza accounted for 128 of Palestine's 161 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Sanaa accounted for 16 of Yemen's 19 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Greece (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Thailand (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 17,032 stories about harm among 89,589 counted on 28 Aug.
Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 89,589 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ukraine stood out: 56% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Thailand's news. On 28 August 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 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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