World press tracker - Emergencies
Which emergencies grab the media limelight? Which are "forgotten" by the press? Use the search tools below to compare global coverage of different crises. To see exact data, click on the blue file icon in the bottom-right corner of the graph.
The default graph shows the 10 most covered crises since AlertNet started tracking media coverage in September 2006. To learn how our media monitoring works, see our methodology.
Crises attracting the most coverage
| Emergency | Index | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Iraq in turmoil | 25960 |
| 2. | Afghan turmoil | 7782 |
| 3. | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | 6579 |
| 4. | Lebanon crisis | 3603 |
| 5. | AIDS pandemic | 3377 |
| 6. | Bird flu | 1453 |
| 7. | Darfur conflict | 1374 |
| 8. | Myanmar troubles | 1179 |
| 9. | Somalia troubles | 1137 |
| 10. | Kashmir dispute | 936 |