World, Week 40, 2026: 28 September – 4 October 2026
1,165,652 reports from 149 countries · Coverage by where it was published · Final
World map of news coverage on the week of 28 September – 4 October 2026, shaded by publisher country; most from the US and the UK. Top stories: “Christa Pike is alive a day after…”; “French high schools burn as student unrest…”.
Christa Pike remained alive Thursday, her lawyers said Thursday, a day after she survived a failed attempt to execute her for the 1995 murder in what Tennessee's governor called a "deeply disturbing" procedure.
abc7chicago.com · 296 outlets · 778 reports · all reports
The newly-released details of the alleged incident have fuelled allegations that the university was too lenient and reignited a debate over sexual assault on U.S. campuses
thehindu.com · 269 outlets · 647 reports · all reports
In its 14th test flight, Starship will launch from South Texas in SpaceX's first attempt to put the world's largest and most powerful spacecraft into orbit around Earth.
abc13.com · 423 outlets · 624 reports · all reports
The Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump’s administration continue deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal.
koaa.com · 255 outlets · 493 reports · all reports
Fünf Männer wurden nahe RAF Fairford festgenommen, wo das US-Militär strategische Bomber für Auslandseinsätze stationiert. Der britische Stützpunkt gilt als Schlüsselstandort.
kreiszeitung.de · 334 outlets · 381 reports · all reports
Schüler beklagen Ratten in Klassenräumen, Lehrermangel und überfüllte Klassen, während die radikale Linke für die Unruhen verantwortlich gemacht wird.
kreiszeitung.de · 248 outlets · 356 reports · all reports
Where the reports came from
Reports by the publisher's country, Week 40, 2026. Top 20 of 149 countries.
Country
Reports
Share
Relative
United States
204,099
17.5%
United Kingdom
88,280
7.6%
Canada
66,120
5.7%
Germany
64,231
5.5%
India
49,848
4.3%
South Korea
42,237
3.6%
Australia
30,404
2.6%
Taiwan
29,491
2.5%
Greece
28,566
2.5%
Japan
24,393
2.1%
France
21,145
1.8%
Sweden
20,498
1.8%
Turkey
19,235
1.7%
Vietnam
18,140
1.6%
China
17,493
1.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
16,092
1.4%
Nigeria
15,509
1.3%
Croatia
14,678
1.3%
Bulgaria
14,084
1.2%
Pakistan
13,236
1.1%
About this map
Hottub News counted 1,165,652 reports from outlets in 149 countries for the week of 28 September – 4 October 2026. The US, the UK and Canada published the most (204,099 reports), and the five busiest countries account for 41% of the total.
The most widely covered stories were: “Christa Pike is alive a day after Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her, her lawyers say” (296 outlets, mostly the US and Germany); “French high schools burn as student unrest spreads” (240 outlets, mostly Australia and the US); “U.S. prosecutors reopen Cornell gang rape case after outcry” (269 outlets, mostly the US and India).
Each report is placed in the country of the outlet that published it (from its feed, web domain or Wikidata), not where the events happened. Stories group reports of the same event across outlets and languages; for a week or month, a story's outlet count is its biggest day's. 247,229 more reports came from outlets whose country is unknown; they count toward stories but not the map. Paid placements are never included.
