{"data":[{"slug":"global-2026-09-25","scope":"global","date":"2026-09-25","headline":"Global Risk Briefing, September 25, 2026: coverage of Ethiopia Conflict is surging","bodyMd":"## Analytical Briefing: Media Coverage Trends (September 25, 2026)\n\nThis briefing provides an analytical overview of media coverage trends as of September 25, 2026, based on data tracking 42 topics across 197 countries. Data is available for 40 of these topics.\n\n## Surging Topics\n\nFive topics are identified as surging in media coverage. The topic of [Ethiopia Conflict](https://geotone.news/topics/ethiopia-conflict) exhibits the highest surge metric (z) at 24.5, with a volume (vol) of 0.043. [Semiconductor Geopolitics](https://geotone.news/topics/semiconductors) is the second highest surging topic with a z-score of 11.8 and a volume of 0.014. [Venezuela–Guyana (Essequibo)](https://geotone.news/topics/venezuela-guyana) shows a z-score of 8.5 and a volume of 0.011. [South China Sea](https://geotone.news/topics/south-china-sea) has a z-score of 6.0 and a volume of 0.007. [Israel–Gaza](https://geotone.news/topics/israel-gaza) is also surging with a z-score of 4.3, and notably has the highest volume among surging topics at 0.079.\n\n## Significant Movers\n\nFive topics have shown significant week-over-week (wow) increases in coverage. [Ethiopia Conflict](https://geotone.news/topics/ethiopia-conflict) rose by 1167.9%. [Arctic Security](https://geotone.news/topics/arctic-security) rose by 201.0%. [DR Congo Conflict](https://geotone.news/topics/drc-conflict) rose by 174.5%. [Israel–Iran Confrontation](https://geotone.news/topics/israel-iran) rose by 148.2%. [South China Sea](https://geotone.news/topics/south-china-sea) rose by 139.8%.\n\n## Most Covered Topics\n\nThe five most covered topics by volume are: [Israel–Gaza](https://geotone.news/topics/israel-gaza) with a volume of 0.079, [Iran War & Succession](https://geotone.news/topics/iran-war-succession) with a volume of 0.076, [NATO](https://geotone.news/topics/nato) with a volume of 0.055, [Ethiopia Conflict](https://geotone.news/topics/ethiopia-conflict) with a volume of 0.043, and [Terrorism](https://geotone.news/topics/terrorism) with a volume of 0.027.\n\n## Countries with Darkest Tonal Coverage\n\nThe five countries with the most negative tonal coverage are: [Niger](https://geotone.news/countries/ne) with a tone of -6.45, [Dominica](https://geotone.news/countries/dm) with a tone of -5.56, [Equatorial Guinea](https://geotone.news/countries/gq) with a tone of -4.46, [South Sudan](https://geotone.news/countries/ss) with a tone of -4.21, and [Central African Republic](https://geotone.news/countries/cf) with a tone of -4.17.","generator":"llm","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T06:01:40.291Z"}],"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":"2026-10-04T10:21:08.853Z"}}