Asia · Friday, 6 November 2026
Lebanon
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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listenarabic.com, CC BY 3.0 Breakout
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain Sustained
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Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Top today
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
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listenarabic.com, CC BY 3.0 Breakout
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain Sustained
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Executive Office of the President of the United States, Public domain New
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Picikepocok22, CC BY 4.0 Rising
Everyday apps here: WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor · Threema for iOS · Claude by Anthropic · Procreate · 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 333 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- War and security More than usual
- يزبك لـ"الممانعين": هؤلاء هم حلفاؤنا (mtv.com.lb)
- The cats are taking over Somerville (boston.com)
- Immobilier : les ventes baissent de 20,4 % au Liban (libnanews.com)
- بعد انسحاب "اليونيفيل"... ما مصير العقارات؟ (mtv.com.lb)
- 千年力士说起了东北话！国内首部高句丽壁画AI科普短剧《梁柱子》正式首发 (163.com)
- " لا تلوموا إلا أنفسكم".. تحول مفاجئ في سوق الذكاء الاصطناعي (alhurra.com)
Survey · 2023 54% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone−2.0positive minus negative words per 100usually −3.4The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual4.1 words per 1,000usually 3.9The GDELT Project
- Fear0.9× usual0.6 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
- Anger0.8× usual8.9 words per 1,000usually 10.8The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual7.8 words per 1,000usually 7.8The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.3 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual9.4 words per 1,000usually 9.4The 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 New
Executive Office of the President of the United States, Public domain New
By category
Books, arts & history
Falling Everyday app
Education & careers
Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Food & drink
Everyday app
Everyday app
Everyday app
Money & crypto
Everyday app
3Money Pro: Personal Finance AR
Falling Everyday app
Politics & world affairs
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Executive Office of the President of the United States, Public domain New
Travel & places
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0 1Iran
Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0 Legohun, CC BY-SA 3.0
Industries here
Music 41Media & entertainment 21Tech & software 7Travel & tourism 4Gaming 2Health & pharma 2Government & public sector 2Retail & e-commerce 1Fashion & beauty 1Sports & fitness 1Advertising & marketing 1Finance & banking 1Crypto & digital assets 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
- Inflation15.8%Jul 2026 · −1.7 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment11.0%2023 · −0.1 pts since 2022World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- GDP growth-7.1%2024 · −6.3 pts since 2023World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment22.7%2023 · −0.2 pts since 2022World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Surgery
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Sociology and Political Science
Society
- People online80.6%2024 · −1.1 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change32.4%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority49.8%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Lupin
3The One About Matthew Perry
New
4Nobody Wants This
7Fauda
8A Couple of Lies
9The Diplomat
Falling
10Below
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Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Surviving Hurricane Otis
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2Collision Course
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3The Witches
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4Animals
5Ordinary Angels
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6The Addams Family
7Nowhere to Run
8Anyone but You
9War Machine
10Money Train
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1Al Shami
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Picikepocok22, CC BY 4.0 2Tate McRae
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listenarabic.com, CC BY 3.0 3Elissa
Breakout
4Zaid Khaled & Nasser
5Marwan Pablo
6Al Walid Hallani
Falling
7Tul8te
Apple Music · 2026-11-07
App Store · Free apps
1Claude by Anthropic
Rising
2Meta AI
Falling
3Whish Money
4ChatGPT
Rising
5Nazzela
6Instants, an Instagram app
7Google Gemini
8noknok - ONE TOUCH.
9CapCut
10WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor
Rising
Show the top 100
App Store · 2026-11-07
App Store · Paid apps
1Procreate
Breakout
2Database Manager for MS Access
3Threema for iOS
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4TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome
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5Database Pro.
6Monash FODMAP Diet
7Things 3 (iOS)
8STL Viewer: 3D Print & Mesh
9Live BPM Finder - Detect tempo
10Master-Nav: Colregs
Show the top 50
App Store · 2026-11-07
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.