Topic tone rankings

Syria Transition currently has the most negative coverage tone (-9.48) among measurable topics. War coverage is structurally negative, so within-topic trends matter more than absolute levels — but cross-topic gaps this large are still informative.

Data updated: August 20, 2026 · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

By average coverage tone (most negative first)

#	Name	Tone
1	Syria Transition	-9.48	0% of coverage
2	Refugees & Displacement	-8.96	0.054% of coverage
3	Somalia Conflict	-7.91	0% of coverage
4	Myanmar Civil War	-7.66	0.003% of coverage
5	DR Congo Ebola Outbreak	-7.38	0.008% of coverage
6	Terrorism	-6.88	0.003% of coverage
7	Sudan Civil War	-6.58	0.003% of coverage
8	Israel–Gaza	-6.28	0.034% of coverage
9	Sanctions	-6.26	0.099% of coverage
10	Yemen Conflict	-5.35	0.003% of coverage
11	Ukraine War	-5.12	0.031% of coverage
12	Haiti Crisis	-4.82	0% of coverage
13	Migration & Borders	-4.32	0.006% of coverage
14	Red Sea Shipping	-4.07	0.001% of coverage
15	Israel–Iran Confrontation	-3.94	0.001% of coverage
16	Ethiopia Conflict	-3.73	0.001% of coverage
17	South China Sea	-3.06	0.003% of coverage
18	Iran War & Succession	-3.01	0.13% of coverage
19	NATO	-2.89	0.023% of coverage
20	Nuclear Proliferation	-2.47	0.002% of coverage

GDELT document tone averaged across each topic's matching coverage, latest complete reading.

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