Africa · Thursday, 5 November 2026
Burkina Faso
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 Weekly
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Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0 10Gims
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Everyday apps here: Shadowrocket · CamScanner + | PDF Scanner · Badoo Premium · The Conjugator · Total files pro. 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 297 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
Survey · 2023 82% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone+1.4positive minus negative words per 100usually +1.1The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual2.3 words per 1,000usually 2.2The GDELT Project
- Fear1.1× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.4The GDELT Project
- Anger1.0× usual3.9 words per 1,000usually 3.8The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual4.4 words per 1,000usually 4.2The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual4.6 words per 1,000usually 4.8The 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.
By category
Business & economy
1Alon Dictaphone-Voice Recorder
Everyday app
Education & careers
Everyday app
Fashion & beauty
1Kamasutra Sex Positions Guide
Everyday app
269 Positions Pro for Kamasutra
Everyday app
Gaming
Dictionnaire Le Robert Mobile
Health & wellness
1AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker
Everyday app
Everyday app
3Fitness Buddy+ Gym Workout Log
Everyday app
Movies & TV
Everyday app
Music
Rising
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Sports
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 Weekly
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Concepcion AMAT ORTA…, CC BY 3.0 Sustained
Travel & places
By Rei-artur pt en Rei-artur blog, CC BY-SA 3.0
Industries here
Music 52Sports & fitness 3Tech & software 3Travel & tourism 2Advertising & marketing 2Nonprofits & NGOs 2Media & entertainment 1Gaming 1Education 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
- Inflation4.5%Sept 2020 · +0.4 pts since Aug 2020World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment3.5%2025 · +0.0 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- GDP growth5.3%2025 · +0.5 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment6.4%2025 · −0.1 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Plant Science
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Society
- People online28.3%2024 · +2.9 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change29.2%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority64.9%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Apple Music · Artists
1XVI, Ninho & Davido
2Asake
3JP N'DA & Wantché
Rising
4Ninho
5Wizkid
Falling
6døpelym, Himra & Genezio
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Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0 8Gims
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9Didi B
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10Ayra Starr
Apple Music · 2026-11-06
App Store · Paid apps
1Shadowrocket
2CamScanner + | PDF Scanner
3Badoo Premium
4The Conjugator
5Total files pro
6English / French dictionary
7VLC Streamer Pro
8CamToPlan PRO
9Threema for iOS
10Le Petit Larousse 2019
Show the top 50
App Store · 2026-11-06
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Google Trends · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.