How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 100 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Democracy and elections
   4.0% of the news · usually 1.5% · 2.7× usual · 4 articles
2. Health
   4.0% of the news · usually 1.7% · 2.3× usual · 4 articles
3. War and security
   2.0% of the news · usually 1.5% · 2 articles
   • Queen Camilla's Caribbean Outfit Includes a Familiar Kate Middleton Detail (realitytea.com)
4. AI
   1.0% of the news · usually 0.0% · 1 articles
   • Study: UK ranked fourth for AI readiness | Advanced Television (advanced-television.com)
   • Fiji leads Pacific in AI study, ranks 12th in Commonwealth (pina.com.fj)
5. Immigration
   1.0% of the news · usually 0.0% · 1 articles
   • Government of Antigua and Barbuda Receives Twenty Zeekr 7X Vehicles for CHOGM 2026 (manilatimes.net)
6. Jobs and work
   1.0% of the news · usually 1.0% · 1 articles
7. Climate
   0.0% of the news · usually 1.7% · 0 articles
   • PM Briceño Highlights Shared Climate Change Concerns Among Commonwealth Nations (lovefm.com)
   • 'Shared values' see Pacific Forum increase partnerships with Middle East countries (rnz.co.nz)
8. Cost of living
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.5% · 0 articles

How the news sounds

• Tone−0.2positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.2The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.9× usual2.5 words per 1,000usually 2.8The GDELT Project
• Fear0.7× usual0.3 words per 1,000usually 0.5The GDELT Project
• Anger0.8× usual4.0 words per 1,000usually 5.1The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.3× usual7.9 words per 1,000usually 6.3The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.8× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 6.8The GDELT Project

News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.