How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,657 articles that mention the country over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. AI
   5.7% of the news · usually 6.0% · 94 articles
   • 人工智能，从炫技高手到实干伙伴_央广网 (zj.cnr.cn)
   • 当科技巨头成为"影子银行"：AI繁荣下的信用隐忧 _ 东方财富网 (eastmoney.com)
2. Health More than usual
   5.6% of the news · usually 1.1% · 5.3× usual · 93 articles
3. Democracy and elections More than usual
   1.8% of the news · usually 0.8% · 2.3× usual · 29 articles
   • Afrique: Revue de presse de l'Afrique Francophone du 6 novembre 2026 (allafrica.com)
   • 从中期选举变天看民主的深层基因 | www.wenxuecity.com (wenxuecity.com)
4. War and security
   1.1% of the news · usually 1.0% · 18 articles
   • 台湾女孩捐日本侵华罪证 两岸共守历史真相_新闻频道_中华网 (china.com)
5. Climate
   0.9% of the news · usually 0.5% · 1.8× usual · 15 articles
   • African climate voices demand fair funding and influence (dailymaverick.co.za)

   Survey · 2023 76% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

6. Jobs and work
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.8% · 10 articles
7. Immigration
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 5 articles
8. Cost of living
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.6% · 4 articles

How the news sounds

• Tone+1.1positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.9The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.9× usual2.7 words per 1,000usually 2.9The GDELT Project
• Fear0.8× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.9The GDELT Project
• Anger1.1× usual4.4 words per 1,000usually 4.2The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual6.6 words per 1,000usually 7.4The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual6.6 words per 1,000usually 6.6The GDELT Project

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