251 of its 366 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories).
25 Sep to 24 Oct: 52 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 Israel on 20 of the 30 days held.
Most on Friday 25 September 2026: 407 of its 683 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%.
Compared with
the world's news over the same days; "usual" is its own 30 days before.
How it moved
Israel: 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.
IsraelThe world
Key events
the events its news covered most, newest on the rightSeptember 2026
25 Sep
Jerusalemprotests & strikes
88 stories, 93 outlets
26 Sep
Jerusalemattacks & violence
36 stories, 44 outlets
27 Sep
Jerusalemattacks & violence
58 stories, 32 outlets
30 Sep
Tel Avivattacks & violence
217 stories, 444 outlets
October 2026
2 Oct
Tel Avivattacks & violence
149 stories, 264 outlets
3 Oct
Tel Avivattacks & violence
132 stories, 391 outlets
5 Oct
Tel Avivattacks & violence
123 stories, 313 outlets
7 Oct
Jerusalemattacks & violence
175 stories, 245 outlets
9 Oct
Jerusalemattacks & violence
128 stories, 243 outlets
12 Oct
Jerusalemattacks & violence
60 stories, 72 outlets
17 Oct
Jerusalemprotests & strikes
37 stories, 87 outlets
18 Oct
Jerusalemattacks & violence
93 stories, 135 outlets
19 Oct
Jerusalemattacks & violence
114 stories, 303 outlets
23 Oct
Jerusalemattacks & violence
93 stories, 103 outlets
24 Oct
Jerusalemattacks & violence
47 stories, 75 outlets
Scroll 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 Israel most643 of its 919 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (265 stories).
366 of its 644 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jerusalem accounted for 166 of Israel's 366 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets.
277 of its 435 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tel Aviv accounted for 132 of Israel's 277 stories about harm, carried by 391 outlets.
460 of its 974 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tel Aviv accounted for 217 of Israel's 460 stories about harm, carried by 444 outlets.
407 of its 683 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 45 of Jerusalem's 88 stories were about protests or strikes.
14 more days the news pointed at Israel
176 of its 315 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).
339 of its 617 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (148 stories).
241 of its 558 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
266 of its 596 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories).
233 of its 484 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Jerusalem accounted for 93 of Israel's 233 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets.
139 of its 257 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 21 of Jerusalem's 37 stories were about protests or strikes.
208 of its 437 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Hunger was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
216 of its 462 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories).
403 of its 641 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
451 of its 807 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jerusalem accounted for 152 of Israel's 451 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets.
401 of its 646 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
244 of its 457 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tel Aviv accounted for 91 of Israel's 244 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets.
337 of its 667 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tel Aviv accounted for 149 of Israel's 337 stories about harm, carried by 264 outlets.
486 of its 1,030 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tel Aviv accounted for 191 of Israel's 486 stories about harm, carried by 231 outlets.
In detail
against the world's news, same daysPeople and attention
a tenththe world's rateten times
About 10 million people live in Israel. Over these days its news carried 892 stories about people being harmed for every million people — more than ten times 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.
Conflict & violence67%5,783 stories
Rights & justice21%1,779 stories
Health4%342 stories
Displacement3%280 stories
Disasters & accidents2%170 stories
Deaths & injuries, cause not given2%134 stories
Shelter & services1%84 stories
Food & livelihood1%52 stories
Where it happened
Israel (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 killed3,331 Stories reporting people injured1,100 Stories reporting abductions975 Stories reporting arrests739 Stories reporting people affected654 Stories reporting people displaced299 Stories reporting refugees89 Stories reporting evacuations84 Stories reporting people falling ill4Harsh or warm words
harshwarm
Its stories' words were harsher than the world's.
Filled dot: Israel. Ring: the world. Measured over 8,480 stories.
Feelings
Angerabout twice as angry as the world's
Against its own usual: about as 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: about as usual
Warmthabout as warm as the world's
Against its own usual: about as usual
a quarterlike the worldfour times
Dot: Israel in these days. Line: the world. Dashed ring: Israel's own usual (the 30 days before).
Its neighbours, same days
Palestine57 in 100 of its 4,363 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence
Israel52 in 100
of its 16,772 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence
Saudi Arabia46 in 100
of its 11,880 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence
Syria38 in 100
of its 1,665 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence
Lebanon37 in 100
of its 1,325 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence
Jordan23 in 100
of its 2,143 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence
Egypt19 in 100
of its 3,039 stories were about people being harmed · mostly rights & justice
Countries that share a border on the map (the nearest ones for an island). A country with few stories ranks lower.
Diseases and disasters named far more than usual
hunger16 Oct17 of its stories that day, about three times its usualflooding7 Oct20 of its stories that day, about three times its usual · also 6 Octaccidents30 Sep12 of its stories that day, more than ten times its usualpolio25 Sep15 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.