How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 277 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   10.5% of the news · usually 8.2% · 29 articles
   • Maraakiib dagaal oo Turkigu leeyahay oo galbinaya markab kalluumeysi oo ku wajahan Somalia. (horseedmedia.net)
   • [COVER STORY] Seoul to send anti-piracy unit closer to Hormuz, add mine-clearing team (koreatimes.co.kr)
2. Democracy and elections
   5.1% of the news · usually 4.4% · 14 articles
   • Midterm Usa tra siti di partito travestiti da giornali locali e slop | cosa dovrebbero insegnare all'Italia le elezioni americane (zazoom.it)
   • Preparing for America's Spiritual Battles Without Giving In to Fear (afr.net)
3. AI
   1.1% of the news · usually 1.2% · 3 articles
   • JP Global Media Review | October 2026: Press freedom, AI and media survival (journalismpakistan.com)
   • COP31: Planet Classroom Unveils 10 Films Exploring Climate Solutions, AI and Youth Action (prnewswire.com)
4. Climate
   1.1% of the news · usually 1.2% · 3 articles
5. Immigration
   1.1% of the news · usually 1.4% · 3 articles
   • Ilhan Omar Gets Biggest Election Win in 8 Years - Investment Watch Blog (investmentwatchblog.com)
   • Somalische TikTok-Influencerin aus Mainz kann abgeschoben werden (swr.de)
6. Health
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.9% · 1 articles
7. Cost of living
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.0% · 0 articles
8. Jobs and work
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.6% · 0 articles

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.8positive minus negative words per 100usually −2.8The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.9× usual3.9 words per 1,000usually 4.2The GDELT Project
• Fear0.7× usual0.6 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual10.2 words per 1,000usually 11.9The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual6.1 words per 1,000usually 6.4The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.3 words per 1,000usually 5.3The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.9× usual7.7 words per 1,000usually 8.5The GDELT Project

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