175 of its 1,253 stories (14%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).
19 Oct to 25 Oct: 17 in every 100 of its stories were about people being harmed — about the world's share.
What stood out
The news pointed at Canada on 5 of the 7 days held.
Most on Monday 19 October 2026: 553 of its 2,049 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%.
Compared with
the world's news over the same days; "usual" is its own 30 days before.
How it moved
Canada: 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.
CanadaThe 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 Canada most362 of its 2,294 stories (16%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).
396 of its 2,570 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Rabies was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
401 of its 2,496 stories (16%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
553 of its 2,049 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (200 stories).
In detail
against the world's news, same daysPeople and attention
a tenththe world's rateten times
About 39 million people live in Canada. Over these days its news carried 61 stories about people being harmed for every million people — about 7 times the world's rate (8.5 per million).
How much of the world's attention reached it for its size: coverage per person, not harm per person. Population is approximate (about 2023).
Parts of life
Share of its stories about people being harmed, by part of life.
Health29%674 stories
Disasters & accidents26%605 stories
Rights & justice20%473 stories
Food & livelihood8%179 stories
Deaths & injuries, cause not given7%167 stories
Conflict & violence5%116 stories
Shelter & services3%79 stories
Displacement2%35 stories
Harm reported
Stories, not people: a story counts once however many people it reports.
Stories reporting people killed893 Stories reporting people injured453 Stories reporting people affected238 Stories reporting arrests165 Stories reporting refugees16 Stories reporting abductions16 Stories reporting evacuations9 Stories reporting people displaced8Harsh or warm words
harshwarm
Its stories' words were a little warmer than the world's.
Filled dot: Canada. Ring: the world. Measured over 2,372 stories.
Feelings
Angerless angry than the world's
Griefa little less grief-stricken than the world's
Fearless fearful than the world's
Warmtha little warmer than the world's
a quarterlike the worldfour times
Dot: Canada in these days. Line: the world. Dashed ring: Canada's own usual (the 30 days before).
Its neighbours, same days
Bahamas26 in 100 of its 316 stories were about people being harmed · mostly disasters & accidents Greenland30 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health US18 in 100 of its 117,682 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
Canada17 in 100
of its 14,123 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
Canada (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
rabies22 Oct11 of its stories that day, more than ten times its usualwildfires19 Oct102 of its stories that day, about 6 times its usualCounted where the stories mention most, so a storm abroad can land under a country only mentioned. Opens that day.