{"data":[{"slug":"global-2026-08-18","scope":"global","date":"2026-08-18","headline":"Global Risk Briefing, August 18, 2026: coverage of Elections Watch is surging","bodyMd":"## Media Coverage Briefing: August 18, 2026\n\nThis briefing analyzes media coverage data for August 18, 2026, across 42 tracked topics and 197 tracked countries. Data is available for 36 topics.\n\n## Surging Topics\n\nTwo topics are identified as surging based on their Z-score. [Elections Watch](https://geotone.news/topics/elections) shows a Z-score of 6.1 and a volume of 0.063. [Sanctions](https://geotone.news/topics/sanctions) has a Z-score of 3.1 and a volume of 0.124.\n\n## Movers\n\nFive topics experienced significant week-over-week increases in coverage. [Serbia–Kosovo](https://geotone.news/topics/serbia-kosovo) rose by 344.3%. [Arms Deals](https://geotone.news/topics/arms-deals) rose by 236.3%. [Korean Peninsula](https://geotone.news/topics/korean-peninsula) rose by 214.1%. [Elections Watch](https://geotone.news/topics/elections) rose by 141.3%. [Sahel Insurgency](https://geotone.news/topics/sahel-insurgency) rose by 113.3%.\n\n## Most Covered Topics\n\nThe five most covered topics by volume are: [Sanctions](https://geotone.news/topics/sanctions) with a volume of 0.124, [Israel–Gaza](https://geotone.news/topics/israel-gaza) with a volume of 0.108, [Iran War & Succession](https://geotone.news/topics/iran-war-succession) with a volume of 0.079, [Elections Watch](https://geotone.news/topics/elections) with a volume of 0.063, and [NATO](https://geotone.news/topics/nato) with a volume of 0.038.\n\n## Darkest Countries\n\nThe countries with the lowest average media tone are: [Eswatini](https://geotone.news/countries/sz) with a tone of -6.71, [El Salvador](https://geotone.news/countries/sv) with a tone of -6.18, [Liberia](https://geotone.news/countries/lr) with a tone of -5.12, [Yemen](https://geotone.news/countries/ye) with a tone of -4.58, and [Equatorial Guinea](https://geotone.news/countries/gq) with a tone of -3.77.","generator":"llm","publishedAt":"2026-08-18T06:01:07.272Z"}],"meta":{"license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Geotone / GDELT","source":"https://geotone.news","docs":"https://geotone.news/api-docs","generated":"2026-08-20T05:24:42.694Z"}}