Africa · Thursday, 5 November 2026
Libya
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Pxhere, CC0 2Como
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Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
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YoussefAbdallahEG, CC BY 4.0 Breakout
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Pxhere, CC0 2Como
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Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
YoussefAbdallahEG, CC BY 4.0 Breakout
Photograph: Koen Suyk. In: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief: Fotoc…, CC0 Rising
Muhammed Rafaat, CC BY-SA 4.0 Breakout
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Ank kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sustained
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Everyday apps here: WhatsApp · Threema for iOS · Nusuk | نسك · Tiktok · Snapchat. 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 1,395 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 Anxious
- ترحيل 165 مهاجراً تشادياً من مدينة الكفرة بينهم نساء وأطفال (libyaakhbar.com)
- الهجرة غير النظامية.. اختبار السيادة الليبية بين ضغوط الأمن القومي والمسؤولية الدولية (akhbarlibya24.net)
- وزير الإسكان يبحث دعم الاستثمار والتوسع في التمويل العقاري (libyaakhbar.com)
- ضمن جهودها لمواجهة التغير المناخي والحد من الانبعاثات الكربونية في قطاع الطاقة، (libyaakhbar.com)
- مؤسسة النفط الليبية تستعد لإطلاق المرحلة الرابعة من حملة زراعة مليون شجرة (libyaakhbar.com)
Survey · 2023 50% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone−1.3positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.9The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.0× usual4.2 words per 1,000usually 4.3The GDELT Project
- Fear0.8× usual0.3 words per 1,000usually 0.4The GDELT Project
- Anger0.9× usual4.8 words per 1,000usually 5.3The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual6.3 words per 1,000usually 6.5The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual8.8 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.
Pro The news mood day by day for the last 90 days, with each issue’s share, as CSV and PDF. Try Pro free for 7 days →
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
Waves of Editing, CC BY-SA 4.0 World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0 George Cruikshank [artist]; George Humphrey [publisher], Public domain
By category
Cars & transport
1MAPAS: Live Street View & GPS
Falling Everyday app
Everyday app
3Sun Seeker - Tracker & Compass
Everyday app
Nature, climate & disasters
Everyday app
القرآن الكريم كاملا دون انترنتEducation & careers
Everyday app
Everyday app
Everyday app
Fashion & beauty
Everyday app
Everyday app
Everyday app
Food & drink
Everyday app
Everyday app
Health & wellness
George Cruikshank [artist]; George Humphrey [publisher], Public domain 2Gym Guide workouts & exercises
Everyday app
Everyday app
Money & crypto
Waves of Editing, CC BY-SA 4.0 2Spendy - Spendings reimagined
Everyday app
Everyday app
Movies & TV
Falling Everyday app
Everyday app
3ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV
Everyday app
Music
Celebrities & creators
TFerenczy, CC BY-SA 4.0
Politics & world affairs
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0
Sports
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Ank kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sustained
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Travel & places
Pxhere, CC0 1Como
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Daniel and Kate Pett, CC BY 2.0 Sustained
Daviessimo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Industries here
Music 69Sports & fitness 5Nonprofits & NGOs 5Tech & software 4Travel & tourism 3Advertising & marketing 2Government & public sector 2Retail & e-commerce 1Media & entertainment 1Gaming 1Health & pharma 1Legal & professional services 1Jobs, HR & staffing 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
- Inflation1.1%May 2014 · +1.8 pts since Apr 2014World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment18.8%2025 · −0.3 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- GDP growth13.4%2025 · +11.5 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment50.1%2025 · −0.5 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Education
- Sociology and Political Science
- Language and Linguistics
Society
- People online82.0%2024 · −0.2 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change28.3%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority51.5%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Apple Music · Artists
1Smallx
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YoussefAbdallahEG, CC BY 4.0 2Ramy Sabry
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3Wegz
4Mahfoud Almaher
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5Tamer Ashour
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6Wiz Khalifa
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7Al Walid Hallani
8Frank Ocean
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Muhammed Rafaat, CC BY-SA 4.0 9Amr Diab
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10Olivia Rodrigo
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Apple Music · 2026-11-06
App Store · Free apps
1Nusuk | نسك
Rising
2MEAM ميم
Falling
3ChatGPT
4Google Maps
Rising
5Presto
6Google Discover
7DramaWave - Dramas & Reels
Falling
8Snapchat
Rising
9Tiktok
Rising
10WhatsApp
Rising
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App Store · 2026-11-06
App Store · Paid apps
1Threema for iOS
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2Shadowrocket
Falling
3DSLR Camera
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4CamScanner + | PDF Scanner
5Salatuk - صلاتك
6Category Tabs for Google Keep
Falling
7Quran Qaloon An Nafi Offline
8Procreate
9AnkiMobile Flashcards
10لوحة مفاتيح كيبورد كاميليون
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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.