76 of its 202 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).
19 Oct to 25 Oct: 33 in every 100 of its stories were about people being harmed — about twice the world's share (19).
What stood out
The news pointed at Kenya on 5 of the 7 days held.
Most on Saturday 24 October 2026: 77 of its 227 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%.
Compared with
the world's news over the same days; "usual" is its own 30 days before.
How it moved
Kenya: stories reporting people killed, out of every 1,000 of its stories
Stories, not people. Dashed line: the world.
KenyaThe 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 Kenya most77 of its 227 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nairobi accounted for 50 of Kenya's 77 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets.
92 of its 350 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
115 of its 268 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories).
161 of its 378 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories).
In detail
against the world's news, same daysPeople and attention
a tenththe world's rateten times
About 55 million people live in Kenya. Over these days its news carried 12 stories about people being harmed for every million people — about one and a half 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.
Health43%276 stories
Rights & justice22%138 stories
Disasters & accidents12%76 stories
Conflict & violence10%61 stories
Deaths & injuries, cause not given5%32 stories
Shelter & services4%25 stories
Food & livelihood3%22 stories
Displacement2%11 stories
Harm reported
Stories, not people: a story counts once however many people it reports.
Stories reporting people killed280 Stories reporting people affected100 Stories reporting arrests61 Stories reporting people injured31 Stories reporting refugees5 Stories reporting people displaced2 Stories reporting evacuations1 Stories reporting abductions1Harsh or warm words
harshwarm
Its stories' words were harsher than the world's.
Filled dot: Kenya. Ring: the world. Measured over 651 stories.
Feelings
Angerless angry than the world's
Against its own usual: about as usual
Griefabout twice as grief-stricken as the world's
Against its own usual: about one and a half times usual
Feara little more fearful than 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: Kenya in these days. Line: the world. Dashed ring: Kenya's own usual (the 30 days before).
Its neighbours, same days
South Sudan44 in 100
of its 156 stories were about people being harmed · mostly displacement
Ethiopia40 in 100
of its 247 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence
Uganda36 in 100
of its 876 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
Somalia37 in 100
of its 210 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence
Kenya33 in 100
of its 1,971 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
Tanzania17 in 100
of its 224 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.
Where it happened
Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
Kenya (bright) and its neighbours. Dots: its key events in these days; fainter, smaller dots: its neighbours' biggest. Click a dot for its stories.
Diseases and disasters named far more than usual
building collapse24 Oct14 of its stories that day, more than ten times its usualhunger20 Oct28 of its stories that day, more than ten times its usual · also 19 OctCounted where the stories mention most, so a storm abroad can land under a country only mentioned. Opens that day.