  This study explores xenophobic events related to refugees and migration using
the GDELT 2.0 database and APIs through visualizations. We conducted two case
studies -- the first being an analysis of refugee-related news following the
death of a two-year-old Syrian boy, Alan Kurdi, and the second a surge in news
articles in March 2021 based on the data obtained from GDELT API. In addition
to the two case studies, we present a discussion of our exploratory data
analysis steps and the challenges encountered while working with GDELT data and
its tools.
