We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
49 of its 61 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Marib accounted for 25 of Yemen's 49 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (22 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.
45 of its 52 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. 5 of the Congo River's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
10 of its 29 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Havana accounted for 29 of Cuba's 49 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
77 of its 121 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Gaza accounted for 35 of Palestine's 77 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 69 of Ukraine's 116 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
161 of its 414 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).
73 of its 312 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
45 of its 77 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
7 of its 12 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: drought in Romania (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in France (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Italy (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 13,830 stories about harm among 72,915 counted on 6 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 72,915 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. In Yemen, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual. A year earlier, on 6 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 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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