Vatican City

News coverage about Vatican City accounts for 0.017% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is down 9.2% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -0.37 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.017%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-9.2%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.37
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Vatican City coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.02% on 2026-08-200.000.130.25May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Vatican City coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.37 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Vatican City: 6 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-07-190.001.02.0Jun 15Jun 16Jun 24Jul 11Jul 17Jul 19

Diplomacy (6/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Vatican City: 82 days, latest 6.00 on 2026-08-190.0050.0100May 26Jun 9Jun 24Jul 8Jul 23Aug 7Aug 19

Coercion & force (1/day latest)

Coercive events located in Vatican City: 34 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-150.0010.020.0May 26Jun 15Jul 1Jul 9Jul 22Aug 6Aug 15

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Vatican City, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 0% of the coverage about Vatican City came from outlets based in Vatican City — the rest was written from abroad (418 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Vatican City from domestic outlets (%): 43 days, latest 0.00 on 2026-08-190.000.501.0Jul 3Jul 11Jul 22Aug 1Aug 9Aug 17Aug 19

Share of articles about Vatican City produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Active topics in coverage about Vatican City

Coverage share measures articles published by Vatican City-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).