22 of its 26 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
25 Sep to 24 Oct: 65 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 Congo on 7 of the 30 days held.
Most on Monday 28 September 2026: 33 of its 37 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%.
Compared with
the world's news over the same days; "usual" is its own 30 days before.
How it moved
Congo: 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.
CongoThe 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 Congo most34 of its 42 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%.
10 of its 12 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
19 of its 27 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. the Congo River accounted for 16 of Congo's 19 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets.
33 of its 37 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 32 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%.
1 more day the news pointed at Congo
30 of its 40 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
In detail
against the world's news, same daysPeople and attention
a tenththe world's rateten times
About 6 million people live in Congo. Over these days its news carried 66 stories about people being harmed for every million people — about twice the world's rate (36 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.
Health61%243 stories
Conflict & violence19%77 stories
Disasters & accidents13%54 stories
Rights & justice3%14 stories
Deaths & injuries, cause not given1%6 stories
Displacement1%4 stories
Food & livelihood1%3 stories
Where it happened
Congo (bright) and its neighbours. Dots: its key events in these days, coloured by kind. Click a dot for its stories.
Harm reported
Stories, not people: a story counts once however many people it reports.
Stories reporting people killed258 Stories reporting people affected105 Stories reporting people displaced10 Stories reporting people injured9 Stories reporting arrests4 Stories reporting refugees1Harsh or warm words
harshwarm
Its stories' words were harsher than the world's.
Filled dot: Congo. Ring: the world. Measured over 388 stories.
Feelings
Angerabout as angry as the world's
Against its own usual: a little more than usual
Griefabout twice as grief-stricken as the world's
Against its own usual: about as usual
Fearabout one and a half times as fearful as the world's
Against its own usual: a little more than usual
Warmthless warm than the world's
Against its own usual: a little more than usual
a quarterlike the worldfour times
Dot: Congo in these days. Line: the world. Dashed ring: Congo's own usual (the 30 days before).
Its neighbours, same days
DR Congo80 in 100 of its 310 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
Congo65 in 100
of its 614 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
Central African Republic64 in 100
of its 96 stories were about people being harmed · mostly rights & justice
Cameroon18 in 100
of its 538 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
Angola17 in 100
of its 300 stories were about people being harmed · mostly rights & justice
Gabon8 in 100
of its 72 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.