Asia · Thursday, 5 November 2026
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No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Muhammed Rafaat, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0 Rising
Top today
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Ahmed Zayer, CC BY 2.0 Weekly
Muhammed Rafaat, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
YoussefAbdallahEG, CC BY 4.0 Rising
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listenarabic.com, CC BY 3.0 Rising
Luke_Steele_2013-05-31.jpg : Bruce from Sydney, Australia Luke Steele 2013-05-3…, CC BY-SA 3.0 Rising
Brian Ziff, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
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Everyday apps here: WhatsApp · Snapchat · CapCut · Tiktok · Instagram. 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 1,525 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Democracy and elections More than usual
- Η εκλογή του 2028 ως πεδίο μάχης για την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη (sbctv.gr)
- 有色/贵金属 | 民主党横扫国会 流动性好转拉升贵金属 _ 东方财富网 (eastmoney.com)
- Health More than usual
- أمطار غزيرة متوقعة ليلاً وتراجع في درجات الحرارة يستمر حتى الجمعة (almadapaper.net)
- الأنواء الجوية تحذر من أمطار غزيرة ليلاً وتتوقع جمعة ماطرة في العراق (mustaqila.com)
Survey · 2023 58% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone−1.6positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.9The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual3.8 words per 1,000usually 4.2The GDELT Project
- Fear0.8× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
- Anger1.0× usual9.1 words per 1,000usually 9.5The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual7.9 words per 1,000usually 7.9The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual9.3 words per 1,000usually 9.3The 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.
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 George Cruikshank [artist]; George Humphrey [publisher], Public domain
By category
Cars & transport
1دربونة - تطبيق الملاحة العراقي
Falling Everyday app
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Falling Everyday app
Nature, climate & disasters
1Weather Bot: Alerts and Radar
Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Education & careers
Everyday app
Everyday app
Everyday app
Fashion & beauty
Falling Everyday app
Everyday app
Everyday app
Food & drink
Everyday app
Everyday app
Health & wellness
George Cruikshank [artist]; George Humphrey [publisher], Public domain Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Money & crypto
Everyday app
Everyday app
Movies & TV
Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Music
Rising
Ahmed Zayer, CC BY 2.0 Weekly
Muhammed Rafaat, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Celebrities & creators
TFerenczy, CC BY-SA 4.0
Politics & world affairs
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tech & AI
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Travel & places
Industries here
Music 42Tech & software 15Media & entertainment 8Sports & fitness 7Advertising & marketing 5Nonprofits & NGOs 4Retail & e-commerce 3Gaming 3Fashion & beauty 2Travel & tourism 1Telecom & internet 1Health & pharma 1Education 1Government & public sector 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
- Inflation-25.5%Jan 2016 · −27.7 pts since Dec 2015World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment15.5%2025 · +0.2 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- GDP growth-2.2%2025 · −0.6 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment32.0%2025 · +0.3 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Materials Chemistry
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Political Science and International Relations
Society
- People online81.5%2024 · −0.3 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change29.3%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority52.6%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Apple Music · Artists
1Marwan Pablo
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2Blok3
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Muhammed Rafaat, CC BY-SA 4.0 4Amr Diab
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Ahmed Zayer, CC BY 2.0 5Fadel Chaker
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YoussefAbdallahEG, CC BY 4.0 7Ramy Sabry
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9Majid Al Mohandis
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10Tul8te
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Apple Music · 2026-11-06
App Store · Free apps
1SuperQi
2ChatGPT
3CapCut
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4WhatsApp
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5Baly حجز تكسي،توصيل طعام | بلي
6Snapchat
Rising
7DramaWave - Dramas & Reels
Falling
8Telegram
Rising
9Google Discover
10Tiktok
Rising
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App Store · 2026-11-06
App Store · Paid apps
1Shadowrocket
2Assalatu Noor - الصلاة نور
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3V2Box Pro - V2ray Client
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4Mis Alertas de Terremotos Pro
5Alien10
6Termix Pro: SSH & SFTP Client
7DXF Simple Viewer
8Car Parts for Mercedes-Benz
9Mercedes-Benz Car Parts
10Jump Desktop (RDP, VNC, Fluid)
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.