We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
87 of its 267 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Jakarta accounted for 64 of Indonesia's 87 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 54 of Jakarta's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
228 of its 537 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kyiv accounted for 170 of Ukraine's 228 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (184 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
248 of its 527 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (43 stories). Natural hazards were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
12 of its 28 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
259 of its 666 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
17 of its 38 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 3 of Bathurst's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).
16 of its 18 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
29 of its 110 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
28 of its 33 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
68 of its 340 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Malaysia (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); chickenpox in UK (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Nigeria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in US (76 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 15,578 stories about harm among 83,150 counted on 29 Aug.
On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 83,150 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. In Indonesia, 33% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. A year earlier, on 29 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 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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