Asia · Thursday, 5 November 2026
United Arab Emirates
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Everyday apps here: WhatsApp · Tiktok · Disney+ · Claude by Anthropic · YouTube app. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 469 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- 200 ألف مشارك في مبادرة البرمجة بالذكاء الاصطناعي (emaratalyoum.com)
- Borouge targets $100m in AI-driven value generation by 2027 (tradearabia.com)
- "الصحة العالمية" تضيف لقاحين جديدين إلى التجارب السريرية لـ"إيبولا" (emaratalyoum.com)
- منظومة ذكاء اصطناعي تدير إشارات المرور في دبي استباقياً لتخفيف الازدحام (emaratalyoum.com)
- Dr Karl Heads To COP31 To Bring Climate Conversations To TikTok (bandt.com.au)
- Marginal oil and gas wells have outsized pollution impact (newscientist.com)
Survey · 2023 70% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone+1.9positive minus negative words per 100usually +1.4The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual2.6 words per 1,000usually 2.4The GDELT Project
- Fear1.0× usual0.3 words per 1,000usually 0.3The GDELT Project
- Anger1.0× usual3.8 words per 1,000usually 3.8The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.1× usual7.2 words per 1,000usually 6.4The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.3 words per 1,000usually 7.3The GDELT Project
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
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By category
Crime & justice
Rising
2Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani
سوالف طريق - ابو طلال الحمراني
Books, arts & history
Rising
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J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain
Fashion & beauty
Everyday app
Food & drink
Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Keeta - Delivery de comida
Money & crypto
Aylakinn, CC BY-SA 4.0 Everyday app
Music
MAL MALDIVE, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
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Celebrities & creators
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Politics & world affairs
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
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Society & beliefs
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Tech & AI
Gio Antonio, Public domain
Travel & places
Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0 Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Industries here
Media & entertainment 28Music 21Government & public sector 12Travel & tourism 8Sports & fitness 6Tech & software 2Advertising & marketing 1AI 1Education 1Nonprofits & NGOs 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Economy
- Inflation2.0%Dec 2025 · +0.5 pts since Nov 2025World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment2.2%2025 · +0.0 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- GDP growth4.0%2024 · −0.3 pts since 2023World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment6.5%2025 · +0.0 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Artificial Intelligence
- Sociology and Political Science
- Information Systems
- Ocean Engineering
Society
- People online100.0%2024 · ±0.0 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change39.8%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority66.3%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Lupin
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2Akka: The Protectors
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3The One About Matthew Perry
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4Doctor X: Mafia in White
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5Nobody Wants This
7Dead-End Job
8Obsess
9The Great Indian Kapil Show
10Below
Falling
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Manoj Bajpayee
2Baththa
New
3Avaraachan & Sons
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4Dhoomakethu
5Surviving Hurricane Otis
6Dorothy
7The Paradise
Falling
8The Witches
9Collision Course
10The Addams Family
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1Tate McRae
2Karol G
3Adéla
4Drake
6Hamza Malik & Zain Zohaib
7Ashe
8Olivia Rodrigo
9Dave & Tems
10Sachin-Jigar, Arijit Singh, Ed Sheeran, Madhubanti Bagchi & Kumaar
Apple Music · 2026-11-06
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani
2Global News Podcast
Rising
3The Diary of a CEO
Falling
4The Rest Is Politics
Rising
5The Joe Rogan Experience
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6The Rest Is History
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7El Daheeh - الدحيح
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8The News Agents
9The Tucker Carlson Show
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10Mishari bin Rashid Alafasy
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-06
App Store · Free apps
1ChatGPT
2Claude by Anthropic
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3DARB - Urban mobility
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4Disney+
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5Etihad Credit Bureau
6Google Gemini
7Tiktok
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8WhatsApp Business
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9CapCut
10WhatsApp
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App Store · 2026-11-06
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.