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The world on 28 October 2026

Riftrate read 48.9 (Neutral) on Wednesday 28 October 2026, down 3.9 points from the day before, and down 16.6 over 7 days.

Riftrate48.9Neutral

Since yesterday▼ −3.9points

Over 7 days▼ −16.6points

Most intenseYemen30.2% of its news

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World tension: 49/100 · Neutral · ▼ 3.9

Jordan: 27% of its news this week is about armed violence.

Against its own history since 2017: 100/100.

#2 of 74 countries.

What moved it

Geopolitical risk (GPR) ▼ −6.9 (effect on the index -1.4)
War & military ▼ −4.3 (effect on the index -0.9)
Domestic unrest ▼ −10.1 (effect on the index -0.8)

How the effect is computed

Top stories

Israel's election result is messy - here's whyCovered by 8 newsrooms: Africanews, The Guardian, The Hindu, BBC News, NPR, Euronews, CBS News, DWIsrael & Gaza
What’s next for Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro after election defeat?Covered by 7 newsrooms: CBS News, Al Jazeera, Sky News, France 24, The Hindu, Euronews, NPRBrazil
Knife attacker shot dead by police outside Israeli embassyCovered by 5 newsrooms: Meduza, BBC News, Sky News, The Hindu, DWIsrael & Gaza Serbia
Support for UN vote to end US embargo on Cuba falls to 30-year lowCovered by 3 newsrooms: Euronews, Al Jazeera, UN NewsCuba United States
Russia woos African leaders at Moscow summitCovered by 3 newsrooms: France 24, Al Jazeera, MeduzaRussia

Where conflict is most intenseshare of its news about armed violence

Country	Intensity	7 days
Yemen	30.2%	▼ −3.0
Jordan	26.6%	▲ +22.1
Gaza and the West Bank	26.5%	▼ −4.0
Ethiopia	18.9%	▲ +8.6
Saudi Arabia	18.0%	▼ −0.6
Syria	16.5%	▲ +4.3

Most cited in the headlines

Israel & Gaza 14 stories Russia 14 stories Ukraine 8 stories Iran 7 stories United States 11 stories Lebanon 2 stories

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