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

Belarus

The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in Belarus’ news is Food and drink (6.1%, 2.8× the world).

Belarus’ 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

Leaders and great powers

26.3% of its news this week

Mood

How the news sounds, and how people say they feel

What each theme makes the news feel

Leaders and great powersMixed +0.7

Calmer than the average news, no feeling stands out

Anxiety0.7×
Fear0.3×
Anger0.6×
Sadness0.8×

Wars and securityNegative −2.7

Mostly anger, 2.7× the average

Anxiety1.5×
Fear2.2×
Anger2.7×
Sadness1.3×

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

How the news sounds

As usual

Tone −0.95

Belarus · 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.

Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) with a population of 9.1 million. The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into six regions. Minsk is the capital and largest city; it is administered separately as a city with special status.

From Wikipedia: Belarus · CC BY-SA 4.0

Headlines via GDELT

Pictures

The first government ("activists") of the Belarusian People's Republic (BNR, Беларуская Народная Рэспубліка), 1918.Sitting, left to right:Aliaksandar Burbis,…Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Meeting in the Kurapaty woods, 1989, where between 1937 and 1941 from 30,000 to 250,000 people, including Belarusian intelligentsia members, were murdered by…Valer Pałściuk. · CC BY-SA 3.0
Government House, MinskSuicasmo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Draniki, the national dishPhoto made by Daniel Spils and uploaded to flickr.com · CC BY-SA 2.0
Traditional Belarusian house at Belarusian Culture Museum and Center in HajnówkaRakoon · CC0
The 2015 Minsk Victory Day Parade on Victors Avenue. Victory Day (9 May) celebrations are a major part of cultural life in the capital.[null Courtesy] · Public domain