How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 2,967 articles that mention the country over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Democracy and elections More than usual
   4.6% of the news · usually 1.4% · 3.2× usual · 135 articles
   • Brasilien: Was linke Wahlstrategen von Lulas Sieg lernen können (handelsblatt.com)
   • Democrats' odd plans to deliver on 'affordability' vows (nypost.com)
2. War and security More than usual
   2.6% of the news · usually 0.6% · 4.2× usual · 77 articles
   • Desert Gardener: Blue and Gold Star Memorial Markers honor U.S. armed forces (yumasun.com)
3. AI More than usual Anxious
   1.4% of the news · usually 0.9% · 1.6× usual · 40 articles
4. Immigration
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.2% · 2.4× usual · 17 articles
5. Health
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.8% · 16 articles
6. Cost of living
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 10 articles
7. Jobs and work
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 9 articles
8. Climate
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.4% · 5 articles

How the news sounds

• Tone+0.4positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.2The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual2.3 words per 1,000usually 2.3The GDELT Project
• Fear0.6× usual0.6 words per 1,000usually 0.9The GDELT Project
• Anger1.2× usual5.1 words per 1,000usually 4.4The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual7.3 words per 1,000usually 6.9The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.5 words per 1,000usually 7.1The GDELT Project

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