13 of its 29 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).
18 Oct to 24 Oct: 26 in every 100 of its stories were about people being harmed — about one and a half times the world's share (19).
What stood out
The news pointed at the Bahamas on 2 of the 7 days held.
Most on Saturday 24 October 2026: 13 of its 29 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%.
Compared with
the world's news over the same days; "usual" is its own 30 days before.
How it moved
Bahamas: stories about people being harmed, out of every 100 of its stories
Dashed line: the world. Shaded: its normal range over these days. Blue dots: its biggest days.
BahamasThe 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 the Bahamas most21 of its 70 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).
In detail
against the world's news, same daysParts of life
Share of its stories about people being harmed, by part of life.
Disasters & accidents51%40 stories
Health27%21 stories
Rights & justice9%7 stories
Food & livelihood5%4 stories
Conflict & violence4%3 stories
Deaths & injuries, cause not given3%2 stories
Shelter & services3%2 stories
Harm reported
Stories, not people: a story counts once however many people it reports.
Stories reporting people killed32 Stories reporting people affected12 Stories reporting arrests3 Stories reporting people injured2Harsh or warm words
harshwarm
Its stories' words were much warmer than the world's.
Filled dot: Bahamas. Ring: the world. Measured over 79 stories.
Feelings
Angermuch less angry than the world's
Against its own usual: about two-thirds of usual
Griefabout one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's
Against its own usual: about one and a half times usual
Fearless fearful than the world's
Against its own usual: about as usual
Warmtha little warmer than the world's
Against its own usual: a little more than usual
a quarterlike the worldfour times
Dot: Bahamas in these days. Line: the world. Dashed ring: Bahamas's own usual (the 30 days before).
Its neighbours, same days
Haiti54 in 100 of its 166 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence Cuba45 in 100 of its 657 stories were about people being harmed · mostly rights & justice
Bahamas26 in 100
of its 308 stories were about people being harmed · mostly disasters & accidents
Dominican Republic18 in 100
of its 111 stories were about people being harmed · mostly rights & justice
US18 in 100
of its 117,093 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
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 & disasters
Bahamas (bright) and its neighbours. Dots: its key events in these days. Click a dot for its stories.
Diseases and disasters named far more than usual
drownings23 Oct10 of its stories that day, more than ten times its usualCounted where the stories mention most, so a storm abroad can land under a country only mentioned. Opens that day.