How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a land area of 7,688,287 km2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world, and is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, including large deserts centrally and tropical rainforests along the coast.
Parliament House, Canberra, Australian Capital TerritoryDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0
HMAS Canberra (L02), a Canberra-class landing helicopter dock, and HMAS Arunta, an Anzac-class frigate, sailing in formationU.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erica Bechard · Public domain
St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney belongs to the Catholic Church, Australia's largest religious denomination.File:St Mary's Cathedral as viewed from Hyde Park, Sydney.jpg : Dxwkx derivativ… · CC BY-SA 4.0
Australia has the highest ratio of international students per capita in the world, with Melbourne ranking fifth among the 2023 QS Best Student Cities…Donaldytong · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Sydney Opera House was completed in 1973 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, making it the youngest building to have received the…Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · CC0
Each plays here in its platform’s own player, loaded only when you press play; the platform’s terms apply. Counts: Bluesky’s public search (the likes and reposts of the posts that shared each one) · Headlines: GDELT, from each country’s own news sites; each links to its article
Australia
Discussion
Australia · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov
Startups people read about
Backed by Y Combinator, a16z, Sequoia and other well-known investors · by Wikipedia views this week
Everyday apps here: Vinted: Sell vintage clothes · CrownCards - Trading Cards · AXS Tickets · QLD Fires · ChatGPT. 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 4,047 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Steam data provided by Valve · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.