{"data":[{"slug":"global-2026-10-28","scope":"global","date":"2026-10-28","headline":"Global Risk Briefing, October 28, 2026: coverage of Disinformation is surging","bodyMd":"Geotone's daily reading of the world's news coverage for October 28, 2026, computed from GDELT signals across 42 tracked topics and 197 countries.\n\n## Surging coverage\n\n\n- Coverage of [Disinformation](https://geotone.news/topics/disinformation) is running 17.5 standard deviations above its trailing average, at 0.23% of all monitored articles.\n\n- Coverage of [Somalia Conflict](https://geotone.news/topics/somalia-conflict) is running 3.8 standard deviations above its trailing average, at 0.002% of all monitored articles.\n\n- Coverage of [Nuclear Proliferation](https://geotone.news/topics/nuclear-proliferation) is running 3.7 standard deviations above its trailing average, at 0.006% of all monitored articles.\n\n- Coverage of [South China Sea](https://geotone.news/topics/south-china-sea) is running 3.5 standard deviations above its trailing average, at 0.004% of all monitored articles.\n\n- Coverage of [Red Sea Shipping](https://geotone.news/topics/red-sea-shipping) is running 2.7 standard deviations above its trailing average, at 0.002% of all monitored articles.\n\n## Notable movers\n\n\n- Coverage of [Defense Spending](https://geotone.news/topics/defense-spending) rose 531.8% week-over-week.\n\n- Coverage of [Kashmir](https://geotone.news/topics/kashmir) rose 410.8% week-over-week.\n\n- Coverage of [Elections Watch](https://geotone.news/topics/elections) rose 241.0% week-over-week.\n\n- Coverage of [Israel–Iran Confrontation](https://geotone.news/topics/israel-iran) rose 219.8% week-over-week.\n\n- Coverage of [Red Sea Shipping](https://geotone.news/topics/red-sea-shipping) rose 204.3% week-over-week.\n\n## Most covered today\n\n\n- [Disinformation](https://geotone.news/topics/disinformation): 0.23% of global coverage.\n\n- [Ukraine War](https://geotone.news/topics/ukraine-war): 0.037% of global coverage.\n\n- [Elections Watch](https://geotone.news/topics/elections): 0.03% of global coverage.\n\n- [Coups & Power Grabs](https://geotone.news/topics/coups): 0.03% of global coverage.\n\n- [Trade War & Tariffs](https://geotone.news/topics/trade-war): 0.028% of global coverage.\n\n## Where the press reads darkest\n\n\n- [Cuba](https://geotone.news/countries/cu): average tone -4.77.\n\n- [Syria](https://geotone.news/countries/sy): average tone -4.33.\n\n- [Sudan](https://geotone.news/countries/sd): average tone -3.46.\n\n- [Somalia](https://geotone.news/countries/so): average tone -3.39.\n\n- [Kosovo](https://geotone.news/countries/xk): average tone -3.01.\n\n\n*Every figure above is computed from GDELT coverage data as described in the [methodology](https://geotone.news/methodology). Derived data is CC BY 4.0 — cite \"Geotone / GDELT\".*","generator":"template","publishedAt":"2026-10-28T06:00:10.221Z"}],"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":"2026-10-28T23:57:49.116Z"}}