GDELT Cloudvs.Raw GDELT
Built with GDELT — same articles in, different structured events out (and a lot more).
A head-to-head comparison of output for the same input — random sample of 10 articles from the open methodology bundle.
Nigerian military says 20 IS fighters killed in joint operation with U.S.-Xinhua
On 2026-05-18, Nigerian and U.S. forces carried out a joint counter-terrorism operation against Islamic State fighters in the Metele area of Borno State. The Nigerian military said at least 20 IS fighters were killed after surveillance detected their gathering and movement. U.S. Africa Command also confirmed additional strikes against IS militants in northea…
GDELT CloudGDELT CloudGDELT CloudGDELT CloudGDELT CloudGDELT CloudGDELT CloudThis is a same-day kinetic engagement by state forces against an organized armed group, so it fits Battles. I coded the main interaction as Nigerian forces versus IS, with U.S. Africa Command as an associated actor because the article says the operation was joint and additional strikes were confirmed.
Raw rows come from GDELT's public Events table. GDELT Cloud reads the same articles, clusters related URLs into a Story, and emits a single structured Event per Story — tagged with CAMEO+ or ACLED taxonomies, a five-axis metric profile, Wikipedia-linked entities, and a written rationale.