42 of its 92 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%.
19 Oct to 25 Oct: 36 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 Uganda on 4 of the 7 days held.
Most on Wednesday 21 October 2026: 69 of its 178 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%.
Compared with
the world's news over the same days; "usual" is its own 30 days before.
How it moved
Uganda: 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.
UgandaThe 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 Uganda most59 of its 135 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories).
67 of its 158 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
69 of its 178 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).
In detail
against the world's news, same daysPeople and attention
a tenththe world's rateten times
About 48 million people live in Uganda. Over these days its news carried 6.6 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.
Health64%200 stories
Rights & justice14%43 stories
Disasters & accidents6%19 stories
Deaths & injuries, cause not given4%13 stories
Food & livelihood4%11 stories
Shelter & services4%11 stories
Conflict & violence3%10 stories
Displacement2%5 stories
Harm reported
Stories, not people: a story counts once however many people it reports.
Stories reporting people killed107 Stories reporting people affected48 Stories reporting arrests19 Stories reporting people injured7 Stories reporting people displaced5 Stories reporting refugees4 Stories reporting abductions3 Stories reporting evacuations1Harsh or warm words
harshwarm
Its stories' words were about as the world's.
Filled dot: Uganda. Ring: the world. Measured over 311 stories.
Feelings
Angermuch less angry than the world's
Against its own usual: a little less than usual
Griefa little less grief-stricken than the world's
Against its own usual: a little less than usual
Fearabout one and a half times as fearful as the world's
Against its own usual: a little more than usual
Warmtha little less warm than the world's
Against its own usual: a little less than usual
a quarterlike the worldfour times
Dot: Uganda in these days. Line: the world. Dashed ring: Uganda's own usual (the 30 days before).
Its neighbours, same days
DR Congo81 in 100
of its 62 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
South Sudan44 in 100
of its 156 stories were about people being harmed · mostly displacement
Uganda36 in 100
of its 876 stories were about people being harmed · mostly health
Rwanda39 in 100
of its 196 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
Uganda (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
Ebola21 Oct37 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.