Dashboard
Data updated: · refreshed every 3 hours from GDELT
- About 400 French schools closed as some student protests turn violent (35 outlets · 8 countries)
- Russian attacks kill 6 in Ukraine and damage Kyiv's Northern Bridge (42 outlets · 2 countries)
- North Korea says it conducted intermediate-range strategic missile drill (14 outlets · 5 countries)
Surge board
Largest z-scores — coverage furthest above its own trailing average
- Korean Peninsulaz 5.5
- Venezuela–Guyana (Essequibo)z 2.4
- Ukraine Warz 1.9
- Sudan Civil Warz 1.5
- Myanmar Civil Warz 1.4
- Israel–Gazaz 1.4
Top movers
Biggest week-over-week coverage shifts
- Venezuela–Guyana (Essequibo)▲ +1293.3%
- Syria Transition▲ +573.9%
- Myanmar Civil War▲ +325.6%
- DR Congo Ebola Outbreak▲ +168.4%
- Arctic Security▼ -93.0%
- Arms Deals▼ -84.5%
Most covered
Largest share of global coverage today
- Ukraine War0.09%
- Terrorism0.09%
- NATO0.08%
- Korean Peninsula0.07%
- Yemen Conflict0.06%
- Israel–Gaza0.04%
Darkest tone
Countries drawing the most negative coverage right now
Anxiety index
Topics whose coverage carries the most anxiety words (LIWC density per 1,000 words)
- Disinformation24.79
- Terrorism12.72
- Trade War & Tariffs10.84
- Food Security9.73
- Taiwan Strait9.06
- Sanctions8.71
Reader interest divergence
Wikipedia reading on these topics is growing faster than press coverage — demand outrunning supply
- Arms Dealsreaders +0% · press -84%
- Sahel Insurgencyreaders +14% · press -39%
- Somalia Conflictreaders +2% · press -19%
- Coups & Power Grabsreaders +7% · press -4%
What Geotone measures
Live geopolitical risk signals, measured from the world's news: Geotone tracks the volume, tone, and geography of coverage across 65+ languages — turning millions of articles into quantitative signals on 42 conflicts, flashpoints, and risk themes and 197 countries, plus the ranked live wire above. No paywall, no spin: numbers, sources, and a free public API.
Coverage volume
The share of all articles GDELT monitors that match a topic or are about a country — an attention meter for the world's press.
Tone
Average sentiment of matching coverage, roughly -10 to +10. Falling tone often precedes escalating events.
Surges
A topic surges when today's volume runs ≥ 2 standard deviations above its own trailing month — a statistical tripwire for breaking developments.
Read the full methodology — every number on this site is reproducible.