Here we use GDELT’s DOC 2.0 API to keep track of media coverage of world leaders. In particular, we report the tone of coverage using the ToneChart and TimelineTone options. According to GDELT, the tones theoretically range from -100 (extremely negative) to +100 (extremely positive), although actual ranges are typically between -20 and 20. It’s not so much the particular tone value but the trend and distribution of the tone is of our interest.