109 of its 288 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories).
19 Oct to 25 Oct: 21 in every 100 of its stories were about people being harmed — about the world's share.
What stood out
The news pointed at the Philippines on 1 of the 7 days held.
Most on Saturday 24 October 2026: 109 of its 288 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%.
Compared with
the world's news over the same days; "usual" is its own 30 days before.
How it moved
Anger in the words of Philippines's stories about people being harmed
100 is the world's average over these days: 200 means twice the world's. Dashed line: the world. It moves with what its news was about as well as with its words: anger rises when more of it is about conflict and violence.
PhilippinesThe 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 the Philippines mostIn detail
against the world's news, same daysPeople and attention
a tenththe world's rateten times
About 117 million people live in the Philippines. Over these days its news carried 5.6 stories about people being harmed for every million people — about two-thirds of 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.
Health25%162 stories
Rights & justice24%153 stories
Disasters & accidents23%149 stories
Conflict & violence9%59 stories
Food & livelihood6%39 stories
Shelter & services6%39 stories
Deaths & injuries, cause not given5%32 stories
Displacement2%13 stories
Harm reported
Stories, not people: a story counts once however many people it reports.
Stories reporting people killed121 Stories reporting arrests104 Stories reporting people affected73 Stories reporting people injured21 Stories reporting people displaced7 Stories reporting abductions7 Stories reporting evacuations3Harsh or warm words
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Its stories' words were about as the world's.
Filled dot: Philippines. Ring: the world. Measured over 653 stories.
Feelings
Angerless angry than the world's
Griefa little less grief-stricken than the world's
Feara little less fearful than the world's
Warmtha little less warm than the world's
a quarterlike the worldfour times
Dot: Philippines in these days. Line: the world. Dashed ring: Philippines's own usual (the 30 days before).
Its neighbours, same days
Indonesia31 in 100 of its 1,184 stories were about people being harmed · mostly disasters & accidents Taiwan30 in 100 of its 857 stories were about people being harmed · mostly disasters & accidents Malaysia21 in 100 of its 1,503 stories were about people being harmed · mostly rights & justice
Philippines21 in 100
of its 3,177 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
Brunei10 in 100
of its 67 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.
Where it happened
Accidents & disasters
Philippines (bright) and its neighbours. Dots: its key events in these days. Click a dot for its stories.
Diseases and disasters named far more than usual
accidents24 Oct12 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.