Asia · Saturday, 7 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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Wikimedia Commons, Public domain Sustained
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Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Top today
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain Sustained
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
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Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Hamilton Richards, CC BY-SA 3.0 Rising
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Breakout
Everyday apps here: Meta AI · StreamLab - Live Simulator · AnkiMobile Flashcards · GoodShort · CapCut. 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 321 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- War and security More than usual
- ترامب ونتنياهو والحرب: الرغبة والعجز! | جريدة الأنباء الإلكترونية (anbaaonline.com)
- ألان عون: لبنان في خطر ان يعود للانجرار الى الحرب (mtv.com.lb)
- بين صُندوقين وبلدٍ مُعلّق (aliwaa.com.lb)
- On the Rights of the Arab Minority in Israel (aawsat.com)
Survey · 2023 54% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- الحرية - وسط أزمة مالية خانقة.. الأونروا: لا قرارات بتقليص الموظفين أو إنهاء العمليات (alhourriah.org)
- UN Secretary-General highlights UNRWA's role in support of Palestinian Refugees (thepeninsulaqatar.com)
- لماذا فقد الأجانب شغفهم بعقارات لبنان؟ | Lebanon Debate (lebanondebate.com)
How the news sounds
- Tone−2.8positive minus negative words per 100usually −3.4The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual3.8 words per 1,000usually 4.0The GDELT Project
- Fear0.7× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
- Anger1.0× usual10.3 words per 1,000usually 10.7The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual7.9 words per 1,000usually 7.8The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.3 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual9.1 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
Hamilton Richards, CC BY-SA 3.0 The White House, Public domain יהב טרודלר (Yahav Trudler - Yahav Studio), CC BY-SA 3.0
By category
Business & economy
Hamilton Richards, CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyday app
Books, arts & history
Everyday app
Education & careers
Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Fashion & beauty
Everyday app
Food & drink
Everyday app
Everyday app
Everyday app
Health & wellness
Falling Everyday app
2Fitness Buddy+ Gym Workout Log
Everyday app
Money & crypto
1Money Pro: Personal Finance AR
Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Everyday app
Music
Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Rising
Rising
Politics & world affairs
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
The White House, Public domain יהב טרודלר (Yahav Trudler - Yahav Studio), CC BY-SA 3.0
Sports
Garth Newton, CC BY-SA 2.0 Ank kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0
Travel & places
Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0 Sustained
Ansgar Koreng, CC BY-SA 3.0 de UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0 3Iran
Industries here
Music 39Media & entertainment 20Tech & software 6Sports & fitness 4Travel & tourism 3Government & public sector 3Nonprofits & NGOs 3Gaming 2Fashion & beauty 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
Falling
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Surviving Hurricane Otis
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2Collision Course
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3The Witches
Rising
4Animals
5Ordinary Angels
Falling
6The Addams Family
7Nowhere to Run
8Anyone but You
9War Machine
10Money Train
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1Al Shami
2Tate McRae
3Marwan Pablo
Rising
4Zaid Khaled & Nasser
5Elissa
Falling
6Tul8te
7Al Walid Hallani
9Karol G
Apple Music · 2026-11-08
App Store · Free apps
1Meta AI
Rising
2Claude by Anthropic
Falling
3Whish Money
4ChatGPT
5Nazzela
6CapCut
Rising
7Google Gemini
8WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor
9noknok - ONE TOUCH.
10Instants, an Instagram app
Falling
Show the top 100
App Store · 2026-11-08
App Store · Paid apps
1Money Manager (Remove Ads)
2صحيح البخاري و مسلم
3Access Database Viewer: MDB
Breakout
4AnkiMobile Flashcards
Breakout
5Tiny Computers
6My PlayHome Stores
7FL Studio Mobile
8MapsToGPX: Route Planner GPS
9AniIsland
10Procreate
Falling
Show the top 50
App Store · 2026-11-08
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.