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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world

AfghanistanLimited data

The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in Afghanistan’s news is Wars and security (47.7%, 7.1× the world). The news sounds brighter than usual.

Afghanistan’s zeitgeist, by theme

Each theme’s share of its news this week · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted

Mood

How the news sounds, and how people say they feel

What each theme makes the news feel

Wars and securityNegative −3.0

Mostly anger, 1.4× the average

  • Anxiety1.1×
  • Fear1.3×
  • Anger1.4×
  • Sadness1.1×
Leaders and great powersMixed −0.9

Calmer than the average news, no feeling stands out

  • Anxiety1.0×
  • Fear0.9×
  • Anger0.7×
  • Sadness0.8×
Outbreaks and health scaresNegative −2.2

Mostly fear, 1.4× the average

  • Anxiety0.7×
  • Fear1.4×
  • Anger0.4×
  • Sadness1.2×
Crime and justiceNegative −6.7

Mostly anxiety, 1.4× the average

  • Anxiety1.4×
  • Fear1.3×
  • Anger0.7×
  • Sadness0.7×
Elections and democracyNegative −3.9

Mostly sadness, 1.2× the average

  • Anxiety1.0×
  • Fear0.7×
  • Anger1.2×
  • Sadness1.2×
History and heritageMixed −1.6

Mostly sadness, 1.2× the average

  • Anxiety0.4×
  • Fear0.7×
  • Anger1.0×
  • Sadness1.2×

Each bar compares a feeling with the average news here; the tick marks the average.

How the news sounds

Brighter than usual

Tone −1.41 · usual −1.59

  • Anxiety1.0× usual
  • Fear0.7× usual
  • Anger1.0× usual
  • Sadness1.0× usual
News · 725 · Indicative

Afghanistan · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Seen from inside and outside

How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying 652,864 square kilometers (252,072 sq mi) of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Kabul is the country's capital and largest city.

From Wikipedia: Afghanistan · CC BY-SA 4.0

  1. Afghanistan, Russia sign 15 economic cooperation MoUsafghanislamicpress.com · 2 outlets
  2. نخستین محموله کچالوی بامیان راهی بازار اوزبیکستان شدkhaama.com
  3. Haqqani visits four Afghan provinces, meets local officials and residentsariananews.af
  4. Car bomb attack on Balochistan security checkpoint kills 2, injures 16pajhwok.com
  5. پیشنهاد ساخت مجتمع لوژستیکی تورغندی به چینی‌هاafghanpaper.com
  6. مجاهد گزارشها درباره تنش در روابط چین و افغانستان را تکذیب کردsputnik.af
Headlines via GDELT

Pictures

  • Tents of Afghan nomads in the northern Badghis Province. Early peasant farming villages came into existence about 7,000 years ago.
    Tents of Afghan nomads in the northern Badghis Province. Early peasant farming villages came into existence about 7,000 years ago.Petty Officer 1st Class Mark O'Donald (U.S. Armed Forces) · Public domain
  • Workers processing pomegranates (anaar), for which Afghanistan is famous in Asia
    Workers processing pomegranates (anaar), for which Afghanistan is famous in AsiaUSAID Afghanistan · Public domain
  • Band-e Amir National Park
    Band-e Amir National ParkAfghanistan Matters from Brunssum, Netherlands · CC BY 2.0
  • Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif is the largest mosque in Afghanistan.
    Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif is the largest mosque in Afghanistan.Steve Evans from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0
  • The Daoud Khan Military Hospital in Kabul is one of the largest hospitals in Afghanistan.
    The Daoud Khan Military Hospital in Kabul is one of the largest hospitals in Afghanistan.Masoud Akbari · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • An Afghan family near Kholm, 1939 – most Afghans are tribal.
    An Afghan family near Kholm, 1939 – most Afghans are tribal.Annemarie Schwarzenbach · Public domain

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

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Afghanistan · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Who’s in the news

The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.

People

  1. Donald Trump

    189 stories

  2. Thomas Massie

    New

    68 stories

  3. Vladimir Putin

    59 stories

  4. Prince Harry

    9.6× last week

    48 stories

  5. Joe Biden

    46 stories

  6. U.S. Department of Defense, Public domain

    Pete Hegseth

    6.8× last week

    41 stories

  7. Barack Obama

    28 stories

  8. The White House, Public domain

    Stephen Miller

    12.5× last week

    25 stories

  9. Wes Moore

    12.0× last week

    24 stories

  10. Mir Ali

    New

    24 stories

Organizations

  1. United Nations

    74 stories

  2. The New York Times Company, Public domain

    New York Times

    45 stories

  3. National Guard

    2.5× last week

    37 stories

  4. British Army

    34 stories

  5. Supreme Court

    31 stories

  6. Oval Office

    28 stories

  7. Airborne Division

    New

    23 stories

  8. Veterans Affairs

    New

    23 stories

  9. Republican Party

    23 stories

  10. Democratic Party

    22 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

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