Coverage tracker
The most covered news stories, 12 October to 18 October 2026
FTMQ World reads 5,579 headlines from 659 outlets a week. These are the stories the most of them covered, and the outlet that had each one first.
- 1Houthi missile attack hits Yemeni presidential palace in Aden
8 outlets · first: Middle East Eye, Thu 15:20 UTC · Top World News
- 2Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer following successful operation
7 outlets · first: South China Morning Post, Tue 20:04 UTC · Top World News
- 3White House press secretary Katie Zacharia departs after less than a week
7 outlets · first: Euronews Europe, Fri 06:13 UTC · Elections Abroad
- 4Masked Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in West Bank
7 outlets · first: BBC Middle East, Fri 14:31 UTC · Top World News
- 5Former gang leader sentenced to 40 years for Tupac Shakur murder
5 outlets · first: BBC US and Canada, Tue 19:27 UTC · Top World News
- 6Ukrainian man goes on trial in Germany over Nord Stream sabotage
5 outlets · first: Al Jazeera English, Wed 03:06 UTC · Top World News
- 7Minibus collision with train at Channel Tunnel terminal leaves 19 injured
5 outlets · first: Euronews Election News, Thu 20:15 UTC · Elections Abroad
- 8Kenya confirms third Ebola case linked to Democratic Republic of Congo
4 outlets · first: GDACS Disasters, Thu 19:11 UTC · Top World News
- 9Shooting at Oregon elementary school leaves at least four dead
4 outlets · first: France 24 English, Thu 21:58 UTC · Top World News
- 10Historic Limoges town hall set on fire during cost of living protests
4 outlets · first: Euronews Europe, Sat 20:55 UTC · Elections Abroad
- 11Russia detains Japanese journalist on espionage charges in Far East
3 outlets · first: Al Jazeera English, Tue 18:49 UTC · Diplomacy
- 12North Korea test fires submarine cruise missiles in East Sea
3 outlets · first: France 24 English, Wed 23:12 UTC · Top World News
First to the story
Outlets that had the most of the week’s widely covered stories before anyone else.
- Euronews Europe2
- Al Jazeera English2
- France 24 English2
- Middle East Eye1
- South China Morning Post1
- BBC Middle East1
- BBC US and Canada1
- Euronews Election News1
- GDACS Disasters1
Busiest outlets
Headlines published in the feeds we read.
- The Rio Times680
- Al Jazeera English540
- South China Morning Post410
- Middle East Eye324
- France 24 English322
- USGS Earthquakes283
- Euronews Election News267
- AllAfrica News259
- Guardian Europe145
- Al-Monitor144
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Source: FTMQ World coverage tracker, 12 October to 18 October 2026, https://world.ftmq.com/coverage/2026-10-12
How it is counted: every report FTMQ World wrote that week is matched with the headlines from the outlets we follow that are about the same event (they share its names and its less common words), published within a day and a half of it. Aggregators that repeat other outlets’ headlines are not counted. Each outlet counts once per story; the first is the earliest such headline. Only outlets with feeds we read are counted, so this measures breadth of coverage, not every report there was.