Coverage gap · Week 16 · Apr 13–19, 2026
Under-reported crises
The 18 countries where at least a million people have been forced from their homes, ranked by how few news outlets reported on them that week: the most people for the fewest outlets first. Together they account for 95.0 million displaced people, and got 9.5% of the news articles WorldPulse placed in a country that week.
- 13.8 million displaced · 1 outlet · 3.8 million people per outlet
Reported by wsgw.com
- 24.9 million displaced · 2 outlets (1 based abroad) · 2.4 million people per outlet
Letter from Mideast: Between conflicts and characters -- my journey with Chinese · 1 outlet
Reported by dailypost.ng, english.news.cn
- 31.8 million displaced · 1 outlet · 1.8 million people per outlet
BMF supports volunteers with training programmes · 1 outlet
Reported by bajanreporter.com
- 47.0 million displaced · 8 outlets · 876,799 people per outlet
About 15 Latin American deportees from the U.S. arrive in Congo · 1 outlet
Reported by 103kkcn.com, energeticcity.ca, newsx.com, noozhawk.com, reviewonline.com and 3 more
- 512.9 million displaced · 18 outlets (16 based abroad) · 716,686 people per outlet
Countries pledge $1.5bn for Sudan crisis as war enters fourth year · Verified · 5 outlets
Reported by aljazeera.com, france24.com, msf.org, dw.com, bbc.com and 13 more
- 61.4 million displaced · 2 outlets (1 based abroad) · 682,446 people per outlet
Lee says people's resistance to 2024 martial law driven by spirit of April Revolution · 1 outlet
Reported by koreaherald.com, sheridanmedia.com
- 710.6 million displaced · 25 outlets (14 based abroad) · 422,494 people per outlet
Syria's Kurds register for citizenship after decades of marginalisation · 1 outlet
Reported by al-monitor.com, tass.com, aa.com.tr, sana.sy, voanews.com and 20 more
- 85.2 million displaced · 16 outlets (15 based abroad) · 326,315 people per outlet
Myanmar release of Aung San Suu Kyi top ally spurs small democracy hope · Verified · 3 outlets
Reported by myanmar-now.org, channelnewsasia.com, aljazeera.com, dawn.com, france24.com and 11 more
- 97.5 million displaced · 25 outlets (5 based abroad) · 301,626 people per outlet
Submarines: Transforming the Colombian Drug Trade With Drone Submarines · 1 outlet
Reported by lasillavacia.com, marketscreener.com, foreignpolicy.com, bignewsnetwork.com, businessday.co.za and 20 more
- 104.5 million displaced · 15 outlets (3 based abroad) · 298,381 people per outlet
Somali troops move to recapture key Middle Shabelle areas from Al-Shabaab - Raxanreeb Online · 1 outlet
Reported by diplomat.so, abovethelaw.com, algemeiner.com, benzinga.com, borgenproject.org and 10 more
- 112.7 million displaced · 10 outlets (4 based abroad) · 269,083 people per outlet
“Ethiopian Music Has Everything it Needs to Reach a Global Audience” · 1 outlet
Reported by thereporterethiopia.com, bbc.com, bloomberg.com, dailymail.co.uk, express.co.uk and 5 more
- 127.6 million displaced · 40 outlets (20 based abroad) · 191,022 people per outlet
Venezuela y sus minas de conflicto están “open for business” · 1 outlet
Reported by clarin.com, lasillavacia.com, aljazeera.com, bloomberg.com, benzinga.com and 35 more
- 139.0 million displaced · 66 outlets (46 based abroad) · 135,799 people per outlet
At least two dead as gunman opens fire and takes hostages in Kyiv · Verified · 6 outlets
Reported by kyivpost.com, tass.com, lemonde.fr, dawn.com, scmp.com and 61 more
- 141.2 million displaced · 9 outlets (5 based abroad) · 131,589 people per outlet
Assault in Congo · 1 outlet
Reported by africanews.com, allafrica.com, chicagotribune.com, dailysabah.com, miningmx.com and 4 more
- 157.2 million displaced · 55 outlets (18 based abroad) · 130,392 people per outlet
Afghanistan News Today – Breaking News, Politics, Sports & Live Updates · 1 outlet
Reported by pajhwok.com, dailymail.co.uk, theguardian.com, en.shafaqna.com, english.news.cn and 50 more
- 164.1 million displaced · 36 outlets (15 based abroad) · 113,301 people per outlet
Eight children killed in US domestic violence shooting · Verified · 5 outlets
Reported by punchng.com, vanguardngr.com, businessday.ng, premiumtimesng.com, dailytrust.com and 31 more
- 172.5 million displaced · 25 outlets (8 based abroad) · 99,342 people per outlet
Armed conflict in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, The · 1 outlet
Reported by thenassauguardian.com, tribune242.com, nypost.com, nassauweekly.com, newsweek.com and 20 more
- 181.2 million displaced · 85 outlets (21 based abroad) · 13,913 people per outlet
Pope wraps up Cameroon visit with Mass as he looks ahead to Angola - Daily Sitka Sentinel · 1 outlet
Reported by americamagazine.org, cameroon-concord.com, catholicculture.org, aleteia.org, cruxnow.com and 80 more
For comparison
The countries with the most outlets that week
How it's counted
The crises are the countries UNHCR counts at least a million people displaced from, inside the country or abroad as refugees and asylum-seekers (2025 figures, UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, CC BY 4.0). They are ranked by people displaced per outlet, and any crisis no outlet covered comes first.
The coverage is the news websites (outlets) WorldPulse placed in each country: the sites of the articles in its news reports, from the 500+ outlets it reads and the articles GDELT points it to. Data feeds and official press offices don't count, and neither do reports on sports, culture, technology, science or space. This week: 26,783 articles from 3,084 outlets in 251 countries. “Based abroad” counts the outlets in WorldPulse's outlet list whose home country isn't the crisis's own; the other websites GDELT points to count as outlets, but not there.
What it can't tell you: it counts the outlets WorldPulse reads, not all the world's media, and a country's own outlets count too. UNHCR's yearly figures don't include crises newer than them, and leave out the Palestine refugees UNRWA serves and people displaced inside Gaza and the West Bank.
The same figures as data, free and without a key: GET /api/v1/coverage-gap?week=2026-W16, and for AI assistants the MCP tool under_reported (how).