Asia · Thursday, 12 November 2026
Lebanon
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
Top today
Franchises and brands here
- The Hobbit series
Topics that belong to the same franchise, brand, series or maker on Wikidata, among the topics on the country pages today.
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 517 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- War and security More than usual
- سلام من مؤتمر تغيّر المناخ: لضرورة أن تكون استعادة البيئة جزءًا من إعادة الإعمار (anbaaonline.com)
- سلام: القدرة على التكيّف مع تغيّر المناخ جزء لا يتجزّأ من عملية إعادة الإعمار (mtv.com.lb)
Survey · 2023 54% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- الأسعد يبحث مع سفيرة فنلندا أوضاع الفلسطينيين ودعم "الأونروا" | جريدة الأنباء الإلكترونية (anbaaonline.com)
- U.S. bishops urge Senate to protect Haitians from deportation (catholicworldreport.com)
How the news sounds
- Tone−2.7positive minus negative words per 100usually −3.3The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual4.0 words per 1,000usually 3.8The GDELT Project
- Fear1.0× usual0.6 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
- Anger0.9× usual9.3 words per 1,000usually 10.3The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual7.8 words per 1,000usually 7.8The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty0.9× usual8.5 words per 1,000usually 9.2The 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.
The White House, Public domain New
Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, CC BY 4.0 New
Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0
By category
Business & economy
The White House, Public domain New
Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, CC BY 4.0 New
Movies & TV
Breakout
New
Rising
Industries here
Music 48Media & entertainment 17Travel & tourism 3Government & 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
- 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
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Surgery
- Clinical Neurology
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
2A Couple of Lies
Breakout
3Dead-End Job
New
7Black Doves
8The Rainmaker
9Taken: Natalee Holloway
10The One About Matthew Perry
Falling
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Netflix · Films
1Collision Course
Rising
2Heist
New
3A Dog's Perfect Christmas
New
4My Best Friend
5The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
6The Alto Knights
7Nowhere to Run
8The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
9The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
10Me Before You
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Apple Music · Artists
1Al Shami
2Al Walid Hallani
3Tate McRae
4Marwan Pablo
Rising
5Elissa
6Zaid Khaled & Nasser
8akhras & Nordo
10Tul8te
Apple Music · 2026-11-13
Data credits: Apple Music · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.