9 of its 24 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 9 of Tirana's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.
19 Oct to 25 Oct: 48 in every 100 of its stories were about people being harmed — about three times the world's share (19).
What stood out
The news pointed at Albania on 7 of the 7 days held.
Most on Monday 19 October 2026: 29 of its 46 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%.
Compared with
the world's news over the same days; "usual" is its own 30 days before.
How it moved
Albania: stories carrying help or hope, out of every 100 of its stories about people being harmed
Peace efforts, people freed or reunited, aid and relief, volunteers, vaccination. A topic, not an outcome -- talks that fail still count. Dashed line: the world.
AlbaniaThe world
Key events
the events its news covered most, newest on the rightScroll sideways for earlier events. Key events are the most covered, not necessarily the most harmful: attacks, accidents and disasters, displacement, protests and outbreaks, ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported them and how clearly they were about one thing, so every year competes fairly.
Its biggest days
when the news pointed at Albania most12 of its 25 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 11 of Tirana's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.
6 of its 16 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 4 of Tirana's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
10 of its 26 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 7 of Tirana's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
13 of its 26 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 12 of Tirana's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
29 of its 46 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tirana accounted for 27 of Albania's 29 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets.
1 more day the news pointed at Albania
4 of its 11 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 4 of Tirana's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
In detail
against the world's news, same daysParts of life
Share of its stories about people being harmed, by part of life.
Conflict & violence65%54 stories
Rights & justice34%28 stories
Food & livelihood1%1 story
Harm reported
Stories, not people: a story counts once however many people it reports.
Stories reporting people injured31 Stories reporting arrests30 Stories reporting people killed4Harsh or warm words
harshwarm
Its stories' words were much harsher than the world's.
Filled dot: Albania. Ring: the world. Measured over 81 stories.
Feelings
Angerabout three times as angry as the world's
Against its own usual: a little more than usual
Griefmuch less grief-stricken than the world's
Against its own usual: about as usual
Feara little less fearful than the world's
Against its own usual: a little more than usual
Warmthless warm than the world's
Against its own usual: about as usual
a quarterlike the worldfour times
Dot: Albania in these days. Line: the world. Dashed ring: Albania's own usual (the 30 days before).
Its neighbours, same days
Albania48 in 100
of its 174 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence
Montenegro19 in 100
of its 26 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence
Greece17 in 100
of its 1,015 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
North Macedonia10 in 100
of its 58 stories were about people being harmed · mostly disasters & accidents
Countries that share a border on the map (the nearest ones for an island). A country with few stories ranks lower.
Where it happened
Accidents & disastersProtests & strikes
Albania (bright) and its neighbours. Dots: its key events in these days; fainter, smaller dots: its neighbours' biggest. Click a dot for its stories.