How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 247 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. AI
   5.7% of the news · usually 7.2% · 14 articles
   • The role of AI in disaster response | The Manila Times (manilatimes.net)
2. War and security
   3.6% of the news · usually 3.6% · 9 articles
   • Discover the new Freetown Memorial by Oshinówò Studio (wallpaper.com)
3. Democracy and elections
   2.0% of the news · usually 0.7% · 2.8× usual · 5 articles
4. Jobs and work
   2.0% of the news · usually 0.8% · 2.5× usual · 5 articles
5. Climate
   1.2% of the news · usually 0.7% · 1.7× usual · 3 articles
6. Health
   1.2% of the news · usually 2.9% · 3 articles
   • 共建全球公共卫生新防线——首届中非公共卫生论坛扫描-新华网 (news.cn)
7. Cost of living
   0.8% of the news · usually 3.2% · 2 articles
8. Immigration
   0.4% of the news · usually 1.4% · 1 articles

How the news sounds

• Tone+0.7positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.1The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.7× usual2.3 words per 1,000usually 3.1The GDELT Project
• Fear0.7× usual0.4 words per 1,000usually 0.5The GDELT Project
• Anger0.8× usual4.6 words per 1,000usually 5.7The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual5.9 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.9× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 6.1The GDELT Project

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