How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 192 articles that mention the country over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Jobs and work More than usual
   14.6% of the news · usually 1.5% · 9.7× usual · 28 articles
2. AI More than usual Anxious
   14.1% of the news · usually 0.9% · 15.1× usual · 27 articles
   • Botswana's AI Paradox: Rich in Connectivity, Poor in Opportunity (weekendpost.co.bw)
3. Climate
   3.7% of the news · usually 1.6% · 2.3× usual · 7 articles
4. Democracy and elections
   1.0% of the news · usually 1.2% · 2 articles
5. Health
   0.5% of the news · usually 1.9% · 1 articles
6. Cost of living
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.4% · 0 articles
7. Immigration
   0.0% of the news · usually 2.6% · 0 articles
8. War and security
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.1% · 0 articles

How the news sounds

• Tone+0.8positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.2The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.7× usual2.0 words per 1,000usually 2.9The GDELT Project
• Fear0.7× usual0.4 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual3.4 words per 1,000usually 3.9The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual5.6 words per 1,000usually 6.1The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.9× usual5.6 words per 1,000usually 6.0The GDELT Project

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