Coverage gap · Week 43 · Oct 19–25, 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 14% of the news articles WorldPulse placed in a country that week.
- 110.6 million displaced · 33 outlets (24 based abroad) · 320,071 people per outlet
Syria says man with disability killed by Israeli fire in south · Verified · 4 outlets
Reported by english.aawsat.com, aljazeera.com, sana.sy, newsofbahrain.com, novinite.com and 28 more
- 23.8 million displaced · 12 outlets (9 based abroad) · 315,668 people per outlet
Death toll from Abyei market drone strike rises to more than 220 · Verified · 7 outlets
Reported by eyeradio.org, sudanspost.com, radiotamazuj.org, allafrica.com, alwihdainfo.com and 7 more
- 312.9 million displaced · 62 outlets (52 based abroad) · 208,070 people per outlet
Sudan army drones hit mourners and fuel market killing more than 200 people, sources say · Verified · 27 outlets
Reported by darfur24.com, dabangasudan.org, radiotamazuj.org, allafrica.com, sudanspost.com and 57 more
- 44.5 million displaced · 24 outlets (15 based abroad) · 186,488 people per outlet
Flood to evict nearly 874,000 people in Somalia over the next Three months, IOM warns · Verified · 2 outlets
Reported by wardheernews.com, somalilandstandard.com, somaliguardian.com, allafrica.com, africanews.com and 19 more
- 55.2 million displaced · 35 outlets (27 based abroad) · 149,173 people per outlet
Rare photos of Myanmar's ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi show her receiving books sent by King Charles · Verified · 11 outlets
Reported by english.dvb.no, irrawaddy.com, myanmar-now.org, nst.com.my, thehindu.com and 30 more
- 67.5 million displaced · 55 outlets (40 based abroad) · 137,103 people per outlet
14 Dead After Gold Mine Collapses in Colombia · Verified · 10 outlets
Reported by lasillavacia.com, eldia.com.do, eluniverso.com, investing.com, aljazeera.com and 50 more
- 77.2 million displaced · 61 outlets (39 based abroad) · 117,566 people per outlet
UN says 19 mn Afghans facing acute food insecurity by April · Verified · 4 outlets
Reported by ariananews.af, amu.tv, kabulnow.com, eurasiareview.com, pajhwok.com and 56 more
- 87.0 million displaced · 71 outlets (54 based abroad) · 98,794 people per outlet
WHO begins Ebola vaccine trial in DR Congo · Verified · 11 outlets
Reported by actualite.cd, radiookapi.net, africanews.com, allafrica.com, nilepost.co.ug and 66 more
- 91.2 million displaced · 12 outlets (9 based abroad) · 98,692 people per outlet
UN warns against premature exit of peacekeepers from Central African Republic · Verified · 2 outlets
Reported by radiondekeluka.org, oubanguimedias.com, africanews.com, alwihdainfo.com, allafrica.com and 7 more
- 107.6 million displaced · 86 outlets (75 based abroad) · 88,847 people per outlet
María Corina Machado regresa a Venezuela; "hoy es un día muy importante para los venezolanos" · Verified · 58 outlets
Reported by elpitazo.net, runrun.es, bloomberg.com, cooperativa.cl, eluniverso.com and 81 more
- 112.5 million displaced · 28 outlets (25 based abroad) · 88,699 people per outlet
Burkina Faso : le nouveau Code pénal rétablit la peine de mort, pour 5 types de crime · Verified · 7 outlets
Reported by lefaso.net, burkina24.com, libreinfo.net, lanouvelletribune.info, alwihdainfo.com and 23 more
- 122.7 million displaced · 50 outlets (34 based abroad) · 53,817 people per outlet
Hundreds of Ethiopians flee into Kenya after border town fighting · Verified · 5 outlets
Reported by fanamc.com, capitalethiopia.com, allafrica.com, aljazeera.com, africanews.com and 45 more
- 134.9 million displaced · 98 outlets (72 based abroad) · 49,787 people per outlet
Houthi strike on Yemen government military camp kills at least 50 · Verified · 31 outlets
Reported by yemenmonitor.com, english.aawsat.com, aljazeera.com, middleeasteye.net, thehindu.com and 93 more
- 141.2 million displaced · 24 outlets (15 based abroad) · 49,276 people per outlet
Cameroon Takes Proactive Measures Against Ebola After Nigeria Confirms First Case · Verified · 9 outlets
Reported by mimimefoinfos.com, alwihdainfo.com, allafrica.com, businessincameroon.com, cameroonnewsagency.com and 19 more
- 151.8 million displaced · 49 outlets (37 based abroad) · 37,713 people per outlet
‘We can deal with you too’: Bukele warns Haitian gangs over missing soldiers · Verified · 11 outlets
Reported by vantbefinfo.com, eldia.com.do, juno7.ht, haitiantimes.com, diariolibre.com and 44 more
- 169.0 million displaced · 356 outlets (194 based abroad) · 25,176 people per outlet
US envoy Witkoff to meet Putin, Trump presses Kyiv to settle · Verified · 163 outlets
Reported by pravda.com.ua, tass.com, en.interfax.com.ua, kyivindependent.com, kyivpost.com and 351 more
- 174.1 million displaced · 180 outlets (121 based abroad) · 22,660 people per outlet
BREAKING: Nigeria confirms Ebola case in Abuja, begins contact tracing · Verified · 66 outlets
Reported by punchng.com, vanguardngr.com, premiumtimesng.com, businessday.ng, dailytrust.com and 175 more
- 181.4 million displaced · 70 outlets (47 based abroad) · 19,498 people per outlet
Iraq condemns deadly attack on Jordan church · Verified · 20 outlets
Reported by shafaq.com, iraq-businessnews.com, english.aawsat.com, gulfnews.com, thenationalnews.com and 65 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: 53,645 articles from 3,190 outlets in 213 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-W43, and for AI assistants the MCP tool under_reported (how).