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Africa · Saturday, 7 November 2026

Libya

No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.


Rising

  1. Photo Credit: Content Providers(s): CDC/Dr. Lyle Conrad, Public domain

    1Ebola

    Sustained

    Other · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  2. Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0

    2Olivia Rodrigo

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #13 in songs

  3. 3Brussells Philharmonic & Dirk Brossé

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #2 in songs

  4. 4الزمالك ضد مصر للتأمين

    Sustained

    Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  5. 51HXSX & wnorg17

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #11 in songs


Top today

  1. Photo Credit: Content Providers(s): CDC/Dr. Lyle Conrad, Public domain

    1Ebola

    Sustained

    Other · Google Trends · 5,000+ searches

  2. Photograph: Koen Suyk. In: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief: Fotoc…, CC0

    2Sex Pistols

    Weekly

    Music · Wikipedia · 310 reads

  3. 3Brussells Philharmonic & Dirk Brossé

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #2 in songs

  4. 4الزمالك ضد مصر للتأمين

    Sustained

    Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  5. Web Summit /Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile, CC BY 2.0

    5Pharrell Williams

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #1 in songs

  6. 6إشبيلية ضد ألافيس

    Sustained

    Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  7. 7كاظم الزامل

    Sustained

    Movies & TV · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  8. Abby Gillardi, CC BY 2.0

    8Tame Impala

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #5 in songs

  9. 91HXSX & wnorg17

    Rising

    Music · Apple Music · #11 in songs

  10. Wang-gp, CC BY-SA 4.0

    10Nigeria

    Sustained

    Travel & places · Google Trends · 200+ searches

Everyday apps here: Presto · ChatGPT · Google Maps · Telegram · Roza : شراء شحن وتتبع بسهولة. 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 1,386 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 4.3% of the news · usually 5.5% · 59 articles
  2. 3.0% of the news · usually 2.6% · 41 articles
  3. 2.6% of the news · usually 2.2% · 36 articles
  4. 2.2% of the news · usually 3.3% · 31 articles
  5. 2.2% of the news · usually 2.0% · 31 articles
  6. 1.2% of the news · usually 0.7% · 1.7× usual · 17 articles
  7. 0.4% of the news · usually 0.4% · 6 articles

    Survey · 2023 50% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

  8. 0.4% of the news · usually 0.4% · 5 articles

How the news sounds

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.

  1. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abdul El-Sayed

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 110 reads

  2. Alchemist-hp ( talk ) www.pse-mendelejew.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de

    2Gold

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 200+ searches

  3. 3Al Arabiya

    Business & economy · Google Trends · 100+ searches


By category

Business & economy

  1. Alchemist-hp ( talk ) www.pse-mendelejew.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de

    1Gold

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. 2Al Arabiya

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  3. 3PrimoTech

    App Store · #84 in free apps

Cars & transport

  1. 1Sun Seeker Golden Hour Tracker

    Everyday app

    App Store · #29 in paid apps

  2. 2Alpin Quest PRO – Outdoor GPS

    Everyday app

    App Store · #30 in paid apps

  3. 3MAPAS: Live Street View & GPS

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #58 in free apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1Flight Winds

    Everyday app

    App Store · #21 in paid apps

Books, arts & history

  1. 1The complete Holy Quran without internet

    Everyday app

    Arabicالقرآن الكريم كاملا دون انترنت

    App Store · #70 in free apps

Education & careers

  1. 1Speak & Learn English: Learna

    App Store · #80 in free apps

  2. 2Google Classroom

    App Store · #83 in free apps

  3. 3مؤذن ليبيا

    Everyday app

    App Store · #34 in free apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1Roza : شراء شحن وتتبع بسهولة

    Everyday app

    App Store · #41 in free apps

  2. 2Salatuk - صلاتك

    Everyday app

    App Store · #6 in paid apps

  3. 3Assalatu Noor - الصلاة نور

    Everyday app

    App Store · #12 in paid apps

Food & drink

  1. 1توصيله

    Everyday app

    App Store · #77 in free apps

  2. 2PrestoMan App

    Everyday app

    App Store · #98 in free apps

Health & wellness

  1. 1Period & Cycle Tracker

    App Store · #88 in free apps

  2. 2GymGuide: Workouts & Exercises

    Everyday app

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

  3. 33D Anatomy

    Everyday app

    App Store · #15 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1Spendy - Spendings reimagined

    Everyday app

    App Store · #38 in paid apps

  2. 2NAB Mobile

    Everyday app

    App Store · #64 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1كاظم الزامل

    Sustained

    Google Trends · 500+ searches

  2. Christliches Medienmagazin pro, CC BY 2.0

    2Nick Vujicic

    Wikipedia · 107 reads

  3. Miss Understand, CC BY 3.0

    3Ashraf Zaki

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Music

  1. Photograph: Koen Suyk. In: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksfotoarchief: Fotoc…, CC0

    1Sex Pistols

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 310 reads

  2. 2Brussells Philharmonic & Dirk Brossé

    Rising

    Apple Music · #2 in songs

  3. Web Summit /Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile, CC BY 2.0

    3Pharrell Williams

    Rising

    Apple Music · #1 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. TFerenczy, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Ghostly Kisses

    Apple Music · #68 in songs

Politics & world affairs

  1. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abdul El-Sayed

    Wikipedia · 110 reads

Sports

  1. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Cristiano Ronaldo

    Sustained

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. 2Galatasaray S.K.

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

Tech & AI

  1. 1في الخدمة

    App Store · #61 in free apps

  2. 2Discord

    App Store · #26 in free apps

  3. 3Remote TV - Remote Control

    App Store · #76 in free apps

Travel & places

  1. Wang-gp, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Nigeria

    Sustained

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

  2. 2Nusuk | نسك

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #3 in free apps

  3. 3Istanbul Metro Guide and Route Planner

    Everyday app

    App Store · #27 in paid apps


Industries here

Music 67Media & entertainment 5Tech & software 4Travel & tourism 2Sports & fitness 2Telecom & internet 2Education 2Retail & e-commerce 1Gaming 1Advertising & marketing 1Government & public sector 1Legal & professional services 1Jobs, HR & staffing 1Nonprofits & NGOs 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

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Education
    40 papers
  • Sociology and Political Science
    30 papers
  • Language and Linguistics
    28 papers

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. Web Summit /Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile, CC BY 2.0

      1Pharrell Williams

      Rising

    2. 2Brussells Philharmonic & Dirk Brossé

      Rising

    3. 3DJ MENOR DA ZN & MC MTOODIO

    4. 4Adele

      Rising

    5. Abby Gillardi, CC BY 2.0

      5Tame Impala

      Rising

    6. 6Andromeda

      Falling

    7. 7TRAP MAFIA HOUSE, Nightwhisper & ZeeDND

    8. 8ABBA

      Rising

    9. 9MDP

      Rising

    Apple Music · 2026-11-08

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1ChatGPT

      Rising

    2. 2Presto

      Rising

    3. 3Nusuk | نسك

      Falling

    4. 4Google Maps

      Rising

    5. 5Google Discover

    6. 6DramaWave - Dramas & Reels

    7. 7MEAM ميم

      Falling

    8. 8CapCut

    9. 9Telegram

      Rising

    10. 10Instagram

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-08

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 11 Euro — Paid Nothing App

      2. 2Threema for iOS

      3. 3Shadowrocket

      4. 4DSLR Camera

      5. 5CamScanner + | PDF Scanner

      6. 6Salatuk - صلاتك

      7. 7Procreate

      8. 8Category Tabs for Google Keep

      9. 9Quran Qaloon An Nafi Offline

      10. 10AnkiMobile Flashcards

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-08


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