Coverage gap · Week 41 · Oct 5–11, 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 16% of the news articles WorldPulse placed in a country that week.
- 13.8 million displaced · 4 outlets · 947,003 people per outlet
Reported by radiotamazuj.org, eyeradio.org, news.az, dominicanrepublicpost.com
- 212.9 million displaced · 19 outlets (16 based abroad) · 678,965 people per outlet
Air strikes kill dozens of gold miners on Sudan-Egypt border · Verified · 4 outlets
Reported by aljazeera.com, allafrica.com, abcnews.com, dw.com, theeastafrican.co.ke and 14 more
- 31.8 million displaced · 3 outlets (2 based abroad) · 615,974 people per outlet
Jean Massillon, a Haitian mayor known for defending the people of Kenscoff, has died · 1 outlet
Reported by abcnews.com, haitilibre.com, kaieteurnewsonline.com
- 410.6 million displaced · 19 outlets (12 based abroad) · 555,913 people per outlet
Families of missing Yazidis in Syria search for hope · 1 outlet
Reported by sana.sy, al-monitor.com, arabnews.com, aljazeera.com, english.aawsat.com and 14 more
- 57.5 million displaced · 15 outlets (5 based abroad) · 502,711 people per outlet
Major deployment point of Colombian mercenaries destroyed near Kharkov · 1 outlet
Reported by lasillavacia.com, investing.com, riotimesonline.com, aljazeera.com, colombiareports.com and 10 more
- 67.0 million displaced · 14 outlets (12 based abroad) · 501,028 people per outlet
Ebola creates new hot spots in Congo as responders describe 'chaotic' response · 1 outlet
Reported by lemonde.fr, tass.com, abcnews.com, africanews.com, aljazeera.com and 9 more
- 72.5 million displaced · 6 outlets (1 based abroad) · 413,927 people per outlet
Public statement in Burkina Faso · 1 outlet
Reported by thenassauguardian.com, allafrica.com, bahamaspress.com, bamada.net, businessghana.com and 1 more
- 84.5 million displaced · 14 outlets (7 based abroad) · 319,694 people per outlet
AFRICOM Warns Houthis May Be Seeking to Expand Operations Into Somalia · 1 outlet
Reported by eurasiareview.com, allafrica.com, garoweonline.com, horseedmedia.net, arabnews.com and 9 more
- 91.2 million displaced · 4 outlets (1 based abroad) · 295,654 people per outlet
Cameroon’s Police Fuel Debt Problems Date Back to 2022, With Emergency Reserves Now Depleted · 1 outlet
Reported by aol.com, businessincameroon.com, cameroon-tribune.cm, peakoil.com
- 107.6 million displaced · 28 outlets (24 based abroad) · 272,888 people per outlet
Venezuela’s president expects third-quarter growth after earthquake hit · 1 outlet
Reported by aljazeera.com, lasillavacia.com, tass.com, abc.net.au, bbc.co.uk and 23 more
- 115.2 million displaced · 20 outlets (15 based abroad) · 261,052 people per outlet
Myanmar junta bombs villages in flood-hit Tanintharyi Region · 1 outlet
Reported by myanmar-now.org, irrawaddy.com, thediplomat.com, channelnewsasia.com, eurasiareview.com and 15 more
- 121.2 million displaced · 6 outlets (1 based abroad) · 197,384 people per outlet
Ebola outbreak: Border surveillance gaps raise concerns in the Central African Republic · 1 outlet
Reported by advocate.com, france24.com, globemagazine.com, newzimbabwe.com, riotimesonline.com and 1 more
- 137.2 million displaced · 38 outlets (16 based abroad) · 188,725 people per outlet
Lubbock veteran reflects on service in Afghanistan on 25th anniversary · 1 outlet
Reported by pajhwok.com, eurasiareview.com, khaama.com, voanews.com, abc.net.au and 33 more
- 144.9 million displaced · 32 outlets (20 based abroad) · 152,474 people per outlet
Yemen government forces strike back against the Houthis · Verified · 2 outlets
Reported by aljazeera.com, middleeasteye.net, cbc.ca, france24.com, news.az and 27 more
- 151.4 million displaced · 13 outlets (6 based abroad) · 104,992 people per outlet
Why has Iraq devalued its currency, and why are some MPs against it? · 1 outlet
Reported by aol.co.uk, aljazeera.com, birminghammail.co.uk, businessinsider.com, chicagotribune.com and 8 more
- 164.1 million displaced · 60 outlets (21 based abroad) · 67,981 people per outlet
ABuja declaration: S/West leaders, ACF disagree with Igbo · Verified · 2 outlets
Reported by punchng.com, vanguardngr.com, businessday.ng, premiumtimesng.com, dailytrust.com and 55 more
- 172.7 million displaced · 46 outlets (23 based abroad) · 58,496 people per outlet
Celebrations in Ethiopian city after reported Eritrean ‘incursion’ · 1 outlet
Reported by thereporterethiopia.com, allafrica.com, aljazeera.com, dw.com, abcnews.com and 41 more
- 189.0 million displaced · 192 outlets (97 based abroad) · 46,681 people per outlet
'Time for Ukraine to get new president,' says Trump after Zelensky condemns diesel deal · Verified · 54 outlets
Reported by tass.com, lemonde.fr, kyivindependent.com, aljazeera.com, france24.com and 187 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: 19,603 articles from 2,164 outlets in 192 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-W41, and for AI assistants the MCP tool under_reported (how).