  The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread devastation throughout the world.
In addition to the health and economical impacts, there is an enormous
emotional toll associated with the constant stress of daily life with the
numerous restrictions in place to combat the pandemic. To better understand the
impact of COVID-19, we proposed a framework that utilizes public tweets to
derive the sentiments, emotions and discussion topics of the general public in
various regions and across multiple timeframes. Using this framework, we study
and discuss various research questions relating to COVID-19, namely: (i) how
sentiments/emotions change during the pandemic? (ii) how sentiments/emotions
change in relation to global events? and (iii) what are the common topics
discussed during the pandemic?
