How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,745 articles that mention the country over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Health More than usual
   6.7% of the news · usually 1.0% · 6.6× usual · 117 articles
   • La Chine va construire une usine de vaccins contre le choléra en Zambie (pressafrik.com)
   • Китай построит в Замбии завод по производству вакцин против холеры (rg.ru)
2. AI
   5.4% of the news · usually 6.0% · 95 articles
   • AI投资过热引发美经济担忧，特朗普将股市大跌归咎于民主党 (ifeng.com)
   • OpenAI会议室窃听案：沙特籍被告拒不认罪，若定罪最高监禁五年 (ifeng.com)
3. Democracy and elections More than usual
   1.7% of the news · usually 0.8% · 2.1× usual · 29 articles
   • Namibia, la scommessa energetica di Dangote: Walvis Bay punta a diventare la porta dei carburanti dell'Africa australe (2duerighe.com)
4. Climate
   0.9% of the news · usually 0.5% · 1.8× usual · 15 articles

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

5. War and security
   0.7% of the news · usually 1.0% · 13 articles
6. Jobs and work
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.9% · 9 articles
7. Immigration
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1.7× usual · 7 articles
8. Cost of living
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.6% · 4 articles
   • 男子11元拍走鹤岗一套房！拍卖公司：合法有效，市场价4万多，系平台做活动 (163.com)

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× usual0.8 words per 1,000usually 0.9The GDELT Project
• Anger1.1× usual4.6 words per 1,000usually 4.2The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual6.8 words per 1,000usually 7.4The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual6.8 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.