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Lebanon

News coverage about Lebanon accounts for 0.274% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is steady week-over-week (+1.2%). The average tone of this coverage is -3.19 — negative.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.274%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+1.2%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-3.19
negative
Refresh tier
Priority
~2-3h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Lebanon coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.27% on 2026-08-200.002.55.0May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Lebanon coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -3.19 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (5/day latest)

Protest events located in Lebanon: 52 days, latest 5.00 on 2026-08-130.0010.020.0May 27Jun 7Jun 19Jul 2Jul 19Aug 6Aug 13

Diplomacy (15/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Lebanon: 87 days, latest 15.00 on 2026-08-200.005001000May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 20

Coercion & force (12/day latest)

Coercive events located in Lebanon: 87 days, latest 12.00 on 2026-08-200.00250500May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 20

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Lebanon, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 2% of the coverage about Lebanon came from outlets based in Lebanon — the rest was written from abroad (15,731 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Lebanon from domestic outlets (%): 49 days, latest 0.00 on 2026-08-200.002.55.0Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 20

Share of articles about Lebanon produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Beirut (21)
  • Bsous (1)
  • Marjayoun (1)

Places named in coverage about Lebanon on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Lebanon

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$26.0B
World Bank, 2024
Population
5.8M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
82.2%
World Bank, 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2.6%
World Bank, 2024

Armed conflict, trailing 12 months

Conflict fatalities
7,867
best estimate
Civilian deaths
302
within the above
Recorded events
595
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-08-01..2026-07-31, refreshed monthly. Recent months are preliminary candidate data.

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
64,417
within the country
Refugees abroad
9,568
originating from Lebanon
Refugees hosted
535,168
from other countries
Asylum seekers
7,617
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks, plus 40,000 stateless persons. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Monitored relationships

Each link opens the bilateral co-coverage dashboard for the pair.

Coverage share measures articles published by Lebanon-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).