Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT Project)

The Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT Project) monitors the world's broadcast, print, and web news from nearly every corner of every country in over 100 languages and identifies the people, locations, organizations, counts, themes, sources, and events driving our global society every second of every day, creating a free open platform for computing on the entire world.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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metadata-date 2014-05-19
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Groups
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  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
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  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • event-data
  • gdelt
  • geo
  • geospatial
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  • global
  • knowledge-graph
  • national
  • north-america
  • united-states
  • world
  • wwhgd
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metadata_created 2025-11-19T16:34:58.321937
metadata_modified 2025-11-19T16:34:58.321943
notes The Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT Project) monitors the world's broadcast, print, and web news from nearly every corner of every country in over 100 languages and identifies the people, locations, organizations, counts, themes, sources, and events driving our global society every second of every day, creating a free open platform for computing on the entire world.
num_resources 1
num_tags 15
title Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT Project)