How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 344 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Health
   4.4% of the news · usually 6.9% · 15 articles
2. Jobs and work
   2.0% of the news · usually 2.6% · 7 articles
3. Cost of living
   1.7% of the news · usually 0.8% · 2.2× usual · 6 articles
   • Cost-of-living squeeze deepens (az.com.na)
4. Democracy and elections
   1.5% of the news · usually 0.6% · 2.5× usual · 5 articles
   • Namibia, la scommessa energetica di Dangote: Walvis Bay punta a diventare la porta dei carburanti dell'Africa australe (2duerighe.com)
5. AI
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2 articles
6. Climate
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.6% · 1 articles
7. War and security
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.6% · 1 articles
   • Учебный корабль Балтфлота зашел в порт Нигерии (interfax.ru)
8. Immigration
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.9% · 0 articles

How the news sounds

• Tone−0.3positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.6The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual2.9 words per 1,000usually 3.1The GDELT Project
• Fear1.1× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.4The GDELT Project
• Anger1.1× usual4.5 words per 1,000usually 4.1The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual6.9 words per 1,000usually 6.5The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual6.6 words per 1,000usually 6.5The GDELT Project

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