We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
121 of its 229 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Jakarta accounted for 75 of Indonesia's 121 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. 69 of Jakarta's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
180 of its 386 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kyiv accounted for 104 of Ukraine's 180 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
112 of its 168 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jammu accounted for 78 of Kashmir's 112 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
220 of its 832 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
70 of its 86 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sanaa accounted for 65 of Yemen's 70 stories about harm, carried by 444 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 173 of Palestine's 188 stories about harm, carried by 372 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
160 of its 396 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
16 of its 39 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
9 of its 17 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
16 of its 43 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in Spain (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Malaysia (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Russia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in UK (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 9,711 stories about harm among 49,622 counted on 30 Aug.
The news turned to Indonesia for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 49,622 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. A year earlier, on 30 August 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 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 harsher 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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