diff --git a/app/helpers/digest_helper.rb b/app/helpers/digest_helper.rb
index f9485eb3..d6c1846e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/digest_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/digest_helper.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module DigestHelper
 
   def count_by_country(events)
     events.group_by { |e| e.region&.region || e.region }.collect do |region, es|
-      "#{t region.code, scope: :countries}: #{es.size}"
+      "#{t region.code, scope: :countries, default: region.code}: #{es.size}"
     end.join ', '
   end