264 of its 814 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Ebola was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with covid.
25 Oct: 32 in every 100 of its stories were about people being harmed — about one and a half times the world's share (20).
What stood out
The news pointed at Nigeria on 1 of the 1 day held.
Most on Sunday 25 October 2026: 264 of its 814 stories (32%) 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
Nigeria: 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.
NigeriaThe 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 Nigeria mostIn detail
against the world's news, same daysPeople and attention
a tenththe world's rateten times
About 224 million people live in Nigeria. Over these days its news carried 1.2 stories about people being harmed for every million people — about one and a half times the world's rate (0.8 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.
Health32%85 stories
Rights & justice32%83 stories
Conflict & violence12%32 stories
Food & livelihood8%22 stories
Deaths & injuries, cause not given6%16 stories
Displacement5%12 stories
Disasters & accidents4%10 stories
Shelter & services1%3 stories
Harm reported
Stories, not people: a story counts once however many people it reports.
Stories reporting people killed77 Stories reporting arrests49 Stories reporting people affected47 Stories reporting abductions18 Stories reporting people injured4 Stories reporting people displaced3 Stories reporting refugees3 Stories reporting evacuations2Harsh or warm words
harshwarm
Its stories' words were about as the world's.
Filled dot: Nigeria. Ring: the world. Measured over 260 stories.
Feelings
Angera little angrier than the world's
Against its own usual: a little more than usual
Griefa little more grief-stricken than 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
Warmtha little warmer than the world's
Against its own usual: about as usual
a quarterlike the worldfour times
Dot: Nigeria in these days. Line: the world. Dashed ring: Nigeria's own usual (the 30 days before).
Its neighbours, same days
Nigeria32 in 100
of its 814 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
Chad17 in 100
of its 6 stories were about people being harmed · mostly rights & justice
Niger12 in 100
of its 8 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence
Benin0 in 100
of its 3 stories were about people being harmed · mostly
Cameroon0 in 100
of its 6 stories were about people being harmed · mostly
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 & violenceDisease & outbreaks
Nigeria (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
Ebola25 Oct56 of its stories that day, about three times its usualCounted where the stories mention most, so a storm abroad can land under a country only mentioned. Opens that day.