Azerbaijan · 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.

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a landlocked country at the boundary of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Turkey (via the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Armenia to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The territory of what is now Azerbaijan was ruled first by Caucasian Albania and later by various Persian empires.

From Wikipedia: Azerbaijan · CC BY-SA 4.0

President Ilham Aliyev expresses condolences to President of Bulgariatrend.az · 3 outlets
Tanınmış azərbaycanlı aktyor Aslan Fətullayev vəfat edib (FOTO)az.trend.az · 2 outlets
Azerbaijan's GDP grows by 1.7%news.az · 2 outlets
İlham Əliyev - Heç kimin bacarmadığını bacaran lidernews.milli.az · 2 outlets
Zəfər Günü Azərbaycanda intensiv yağış yağacaqadalet.az · 2 outlets
Azərbaycan-Türkiyə: sarsılmaz birlik, əbədi qardaşlıq, ortaq maraqazerbaijan-news.az · 2 outlets

Headlines via GDELT

Pictures

Petroglyphs in Gobustan National Park dating back to the 10th millennium BC indicating a thriving cultureAzeri · CC BY-SA 3.0
Azerbaijani Navy ships during the 2022 Teknofest Azerbaijan festival in BakuPress Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan · CC BY 4.0
The Bibi-Heybat Mosque in Baku. The mosque is built over the tomb of a descendant of Muhammad.[284]Emin Bashirov · CC BY-SA 3.0
Classroom in Dunya SchoolBuyerlerdeqalardim · CC BY-SA 3.0
Uzeyir Hajibeyov merged traditional Azerbaijani music with Western styles in the early 20th century.Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Traditional Azerbaijani clothing and musical instrumentsMahesan Selladurai · CC BY 2.0

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

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Azerbaijan · 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

Ilham Aliyev
3.3× last week
211 stories
Donald Trump
120 stories
Vladimir Putin
91 stories
Murat Kurum
New
28 stories
Kushal Das, CC BY-SA 4.0
Greta Thunberg
New
24 stories
Simon Stiell
New
19 stories
Dmitry Peskov
3.0× last week
18 stories
Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0
Max Verstappen
2.3× last week
18 stories
Samvel Karapetyan
18 stories
Heydar Aliyev
15 stories

Organizations

European Union
107 stories
United Nations
67 stories
European Political Community
32.5× last week
65 stories
Azerbaijani Army
40 stories
Heydar Aliyev Foundation
2.3× last week
23 stories
European Commission
2.8× last week
22 stories
European Political Community Summit
New
22 stories
Central Bank
20 stories
Green Climate Fund
3.6× last week
18 stories
Red Bull
2.8× last week
17 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

Azerbaijan · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov

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Going around online in Azerbaijan

What Azerbaijan’s own news sites say went viral, trended or got people talking online this week

Footage of President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva visiting the AIREX 2026 exhibition has been posted on the president’s social media pagesnews.day.az · 4 Nov · Translated from Russian
TikTok blogger arrested for a monthnews.day.az · 3 Nov · Translated from Russian
False statements in the name of Azerbaijan’s president are circulating on Turkish social media — PHOTO1news.az · 2 Nov · Translated from Russian
Media and Broadcasting Council: False statements are being circulated in the Turkish social media sphere in the name of the President of Azerbaijanru.apa.az · 2 Nov · Translated from Russian
Teenagers under the influence of social media: who shapes their behavior?zerkalo.az · 1 Nov · Translated from Russian
Turkey’s ban on children under 15 using social media takes effectru.apa.az · 1 Nov · Translated from Russian
Strict social media restrictions for teenagers will take effect in Turkey tomorrow1news.az · 31 Oct · Translated from Russian
Turkey will ban social media for children under 15 starting November 1vesti.az · 31 Oct · Translated from Russian
Meta, TikTok and X lose court case against British regulator Ofcom over the Online Safety Act ABC.AZabc.az · 30 Oct · Translated from Russian

Headlines: GDELT, from each country’s own news sites; each links to its article

Azerbaijan

Discussion

Azerbaijan · Friday, 13 November 2026

No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.

Rising

1ACTORIUM Digital Acting Studio
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in paid apps
2Kali Mija & Da Africa Deep
Rising
Music · Apple Music · #38 in songs
3вода
Breakout
Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches
4CodeRaft
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #5 in paid apps
5outlook
Sustained
Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

Top today

1ACTORIUM Digital Acting Studio
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #1 in paid apps
2вода
Breakout
Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches
3outlook
Sustained
Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches
4CodeRaft
Breakout
Tech & AI · App Store · #5 in paid apps
5отопление
Breakout
Other · Google Trends · 500+ searches
6Chromagraph Camera
Back
Tech & AI · App Store · #9 in paid apps
7Control Remoto TV por Wi-Fi
Rising
Tech & AI · App Store · #3 in paid apps
8MyGun: Map & Calculations
Back
Tech & AI · App Store · #10 in paid apps
Ilya Plekhanov, CC BY-SA 3.0
9Bus
Breakout
Other · Google Trends · 200+ searches
10московский академический театр сатиры
Breakout
Other · Google Trends · 200+ searches

Everyday apps here: Zili · mygov · SİMA - Digital Signature · ChatGPT · Leobank - Mobile Bank and Card. 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 1,693 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

War and security
4.2% of the news · usually 6.3% · 71 articles
- На северо-западе Пакистана убиты 43 вооруженных лица (azertag.az)
- Istanbul hosts event marking Azerbaijan's Victory Day anniversary (PHOTO) (trend.az)
Climate More than usual
2.5% of the news · usually 0.8% · 3.3× usual · 43 articles
- Leyla Aliyeva discusses Caspian Sea level changes with WMO chief (news.az)
- Leyla Aliyeva holds series of meetings on sidelines of COP31 (en.apa.az)
Survey · 2023 74% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
AI
1.1% of the news · usually 1.1% · 19 articles
- Azericard introduces a new AI-powered behavioral scoring solution (PHOTO) (trend.az)
- Azerbaijan to host AI agent hackathon for industrial sector in December (azernews.az)
Cost of living
1.1% of the news · usually 0.5% · 2.2× usual · 19 articles
- BVF: İnflyasiya təzyiqinə baxmayaraq, Qafqaz və Mərkəzi Asiyada iqtisadi artım dayanıqlıdır (az.trend.az)
- IMF: Inflation remains biggest threat to economic stability in Caucasus and Central Asia (trend.az)
Jobs and work
0.7% of the news · usually 0.6% · 12 articles
- Великобритания может сократить социальные выплаты из-за роста безработицы среди молодежи (azertag.az)
- Azərbaycanda işsizlərin sayı AÇIQLANDI (musavat.com)
Health
0.7% of the news · usually 1.0% · 11 articles
- Bu gün Beynəlxalq Gözdən Əlillər Günüdür (yeniazerbaycan.com)
- The US and Mexico are on the verge of forfeiting a major health victory. Here's what to know | News, Sports, Jobs (heraldextra.com)
Democracy and elections
0.4% of the news · usually 1.5% · 7 articles
Immigration
0.3% of the news · usually 0.4% · 5 articles
- खुद को घोषित करो खालसा और तुरंत पाओ…; भारत के खिलाफ पाक की नई साजिश का खुलासा, सिखों पर डोरे क्यों? (livehindustan.com)

How the news sounds

Tone−0.6positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.6The GDELT Project
Anxiety0.8× usual1.9 words per 1,000usually 2.4The GDELT Project
Fear0.9× usual0.3 words per 1,000usually 0.4The GDELT Project
Anger0.8× usual5.6 words per 1,000usually 7.4The GDELT Project
Sadness0.9× usual4.8 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.0 words per 1,000usually 7.1The 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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By category

Business & economy

1abtoVNC Viewer
App Store · #21 in paid apps
2Trendyol: Online Shopping
Falling Everyday app
App Store · #19 in free apps
3WayBill
Falling Everyday app
App Store · #25 in paid apps

Cars & transport

1Alpin Quest PRO – Outdoor GPS
Everyday app
App Store · #8 in paid apps
2Tactical MAP PRO : Navigation
Falling Everyday app
App Store · #27 in paid apps
3MilGPS PRO
Falling Everyday app
App Store · #29 in paid apps

Nature, climate & disasters

1Weather Bot: Alerts and Radar
App Store · #40 in paid apps
2YoWindow Tiempo
Falling Everyday app
App Store · #30 in paid apps

Education & careers

1Polyglot - English language
New
Полиглот - Английский язык
App Store · #12 in paid apps
2Aircraft Status
Falling Everyday app
App Store · #22 in paid apps
3Assyst - Tests and Exams
Falling Everyday app
App Store · #33 in paid apps