We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
65 of its 195 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Athens accounted for 43 of Greece's 65 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Heatwave was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
122 of its 236 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 75 of Bangladesh's 122 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. 45 of Dhaka's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
219 of its 399 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kyiv accounted for 167 of Ukraine's 219 stories about harm, carried by 414 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
35 of its 43 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
33 of its 39 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. el Porvenir accounted for 23 of Guatemala's 33 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
42 of its 62 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Sanaa accounted for 21 of Yemen's 42 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
54 of its 98 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
28 of its 144 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories).
95 of its 311 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
56 of its 233 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Guatemala (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Romania (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Sri Lanka (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heatwave in South Korea (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 14,227 stories about harm among 73,839 counted on 5 Aug.
19 in every 100 of the day's 73,839 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 5 August 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as 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 much 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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