20 of its 113 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).
25 Sep to 24 Oct: 15 in every 100 of its stories were about people being harmed — less than the world's share (19).
What stood out
The news pointed at Norway on 6 of the 30 days held.
Most on Friday 9 October 2026: 64 of its 200 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%.
Compared with
the world's news over the same days; "usual" is its own 30 days before.
How it moved
Norway: 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.
NorwayThe 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 Norway most17 of its 40 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%.
22 of its 64 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
64 of its 200 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Oslo accounted for 49 of Norway's 64 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets.
17 of its 101 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 4 of Oslo's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
15 of its 45 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%.
In detail
against the world's news, same daysPeople and attention
a tenththe world's rateten times
About 6 million people live in Norway. Over these days its news carried 62 stories about people being harmed for every million people — about one and a half 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.
Health29%98 stories
Conflict & violence26%89 stories
Rights & justice20%68 stories
Disasters & accidents14%46 stories
Deaths & injuries, cause not given5%18 stories
Displacement2%8 stories
Shelter & services2%7 stories
Food & livelihood1%5 stories
Where it happened
Norway (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 killed61 Stories reporting people affected30 Stories reporting arrests17 Stories reporting people displaced3 Stories reporting refugees2 Stories reporting people injured2 Stories reporting abductions1Harsh or warm words
harshwarm
Its stories' words were much warmer than the world's.
Filled dot: Norway. Ring: the world. Measured over 339 stories.
Feelings
Angerless angry than the world's
Against its own usual: a little more than usual
Griefa little less grief-stricken than the world's
Against its own usual: about half usual
Fearabout as fearful as the world's
Against its own usual: about one and a half times usual
Warmthabout one and a half times as warm as the world's
Against its own usual: about one and a half times usual
a quarterlike the worldfour times
Dot: Norway in these days. Line: the world. Dashed ring: Norway's own usual (the 30 days before).
Its neighbours, same days
Russia33 in 100 of its 15,087 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence Sweden16 in 100 of its 3,039 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
Norway15 in 100
of its 2,267 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
Finland14 in 100
of its 1,251 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.