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Africa · Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Libya

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


Rising

  1. 1Prayer Times Qibla Compass Pro

    Breakout

    Education & careers · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. القناة الأولى المصرية, CC BY 3.0

    2Awatef Helmy

    Breakout

    Movies & TV · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  3. HOTSPOTATL, CC BY 3.0

    3J. Cole

    Breakout

    Sports · Apple Music · #6 in songs

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

    4Sex Pistols

    Rising

    Music · Wikipedia · 365 reads

  5. 5Blidog & Mc Mego

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #7 in songs


Top today

  1. 1Prayer Times Qibla Compass Pro

    Breakout

    Education & careers · App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. القناة الأولى المصرية, CC BY 3.0

    2Awatef Helmy

    Breakout

    Movies & TV · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

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

    3Sex Pistols

    Rising

    Music · Wikipedia · 365 reads

  4. HOTSPOTATL, CC BY 3.0

    4J. Cole

    Breakout

    Sports · Apple Music · #6 in songs

  5. Bunks, CC BY 3.0

    5Red Sea State

    Sustained

    Other · Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  6. 6Blidog & Mc Mego

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #7 in songs

  7. 7Samara

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #2 in songs

  8. 8المدينة البعيدة

    Sustained

    Other · Google Trends · 500+ searches

  9. ( Kirk Stauffer ), CC BY-SA 3.0

    9Sia

    Breakout

    Music · Apple Music · #10 in songs

Everyday apps here: WhatsApp · Tiktok · Facebook app · Otlobly اطلبلي · Wink - Video Retouching Tool. 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 1,361 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. Immigration More than usual
    4.0% of the news · usually 2.5% · 1.6× usual · 54 articles
  2. 3.3% of the news · usually 5.8% · 45 articles
  3. Health More than usual
    2.9% of the news · usually 1.5% · 2.0× usual · 40 articles
  4. 2.5% of the news · usually 2.5% · 34 articles
  5. 2.4% of the news · usually 2.1% · 32 articles
  6. 1.3% of the news · usually 0.8% · 1.6× usual · 17 articles
  7. 0.9% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2.4× usual · 12 articles

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

  8. 0.5% of the news · usually 0.3% · 1.6× usual · 7 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. 1Foreign Currency Booking Platform

    Tech & AI · Wikipedia · 358 reads

  2. 2Ahmed al-Alwani

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 100 reads


By category

Business & economy

  1. Voice of America (Aziz Karimov), Public domain

    1Emin

    Apple Music · #61 in songs

  2. 2عِفهْ - effa

    App Store · #61 in free apps

  3. 3Krotik

    App Store · #82 in free apps

Cars & transport

  1. 1Sun Seeker Golden Hour Tracker

    Everyday app

    App Store · #30 in paid apps

  2. 2Alpin Quest PRO – Outdoor GPS

    Everyday app

    App Store · #31 in paid apps

  3. 3توربو | Turbo: Request a Ride

    Everyday app

    App Store · #46 in free apps

Nature, climate & disasters

  1. 1Flight Winds

    Everyday app

    App Store · #22 in paid apps

Books, arts & history

  1. 1The complete Holy Quran without internet

    Everyday app

    Arabicالقرآن الكريم كاملا دون انترنت

    App Store · #66 in free apps

Education & careers

  1. 1Prayer Times Qibla Compass Pro

    Breakout

    App Store · #1 in paid apps

  2. 2Live Translator: Translate +

    App Store · #79 in free apps

  3. 3Quran Qaloon An Nafi Offline

    Everyday app

    App Store · #14 in paid apps

Fashion & beauty

  1. 1LocaPing GPS Tracker

    App Store · #92 in free apps

  2. 2Salatuk - صلاتك

    Everyday app

    App Store · #6 in paid apps

  3. 3Assalatu Noor - الصلاة نور

    Everyday app

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

Food & drink

  1. 1Otlobly اطلبلي

    Everyday app

    App Store · #40 in free apps

  2. 2CamexEat

    Everyday app

    App Store · #49 in free apps

  3. 3توصيله

    Everyday app

    App Store · #94 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1PUBG: Battlegrounds

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 200+ searches

Health & wellness

  1. 1GymGuide: Workouts & Exercises

    Everyday app

    App Store · #15 in paid apps

  2. 23D Anatomy

    Everyday app

    App Store · #16 in paid apps

  3. 3AnesthoCalc

    Everyday app

    App Store · #19 in paid apps

Money & crypto

  1. 1NAB Mobile

    Everyday app

    App Store · #29 in free apps

  2. 2مصرفي Plus

    Everyday app

    App Store · #38 in free apps

  3. 3Spendy - Spendings reimagined

    Everyday app

    App Store · #39 in paid apps

Movies & TV

  1. القناة الأولى المصرية, CC BY 3.0

    1Awatef Helmy

    Breakout

    Google Trends · 1,000+ searches

  2. 2Jumma Mubarak WAStickers

    Everyday app

    App Store · #24 in paid apps

  3. 3DramaWave - Dramas & Reels

    Everyday app

    App Store · #30 in free apps

Music

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

    1Sex Pistols

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 365 reads

  2. 2Blidog & Mc Mego

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #7 in songs

  3. 3Samara

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #2 in songs

Politics & world affairs

  1. 1Ahmed al-Alwani

    Wikipedia · 100 reads

Sports

  1. HOTSPOTATL, CC BY 3.0

    1J. Cole

    Breakout

    Apple Music · #6 in songs

Tech & AI

  1. 1Foreign Currency Booking Platform

    Wikipedia · 358 reads

  2. 2Discord

    App Store · #44 in free apps

  3. 3SuperZoom: Camera HD Clear

    App Store · #93 in free apps

Travel & places

  1. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0

    1Iran

    Rising

    Google Trends · 100+ searches

  2. 2Istanbul Metro Guide and Route Planner

    Everyday app

    App Store · #28 in paid apps

  3. 3Nusuk | نسك

    Everyday app

    App Store · #72 in free apps


Industries here

Music 75Tech & software 6Telecom & internet 4Travel & tourism 2Media & entertainment 2Gaming 2Advertising & marketing 2Education 2Legal & professional services 2Jobs, HR & staffing 2Retail & e-commerce 1Fashion & beauty 1Sports & fitness 1Cars & mobility 1Transport & logistics 1Government & 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

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Education
    54 papers
  • Law
    26 papers
  • Language and Linguistics
    25 papers

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Faouzia

      Rising

    2. 2Samara

      Breakout

    3. 3decaying

    4. 4عبود الملك - Aboud Almlk

      Falling

    5. 5Tame Impala

      Breakout

    6. HOTSPOTATL, CC BY 3.0

      6J. Cole

      Breakout

    7. 7Blidog & Mc Mego

      Breakout

    8. 8Hussain Al Jassmi

    9. 9One Direction

      Rising

    10. ( Kirk Stauffer ), CC BY-SA 3.0

      10Sia

      Breakout

    Show the top 100

      Apple Music · 2026-11-12

      App Store · Free apps

      1. 1ChatGPT

      2. 2MEAM ميم

      3. 3Presto

      4. 4Google Maps

      5. 5WhatsApp

        Rising

      6. 6Tiktok

        Rising

      7. 7Snapchat

      8. 8Google Discover

      9. 9Facebook app

        Rising

      10. 10Instagram

      Show the top 100

        App Store · 2026-11-12

        App Store · Paid apps

        1. 1Prayer Times Qibla Compass Pro

          Breakout

        2. 2DSLR Camera

          Falling

        3. 3Shadowrocket

          Falling

        4. 4CamScanner + | PDF Scanner

        5. 5Threema for iOS

        6. 6Salatuk - صلاتك

        7. 71 Euro — Paid Nothing App

        8. 8Procreate

        9. 9AnkiMobile Flashcards

        10. 10لوحة مفاتيح كيبورد كاميليون

        Show the top 50

          App Store · 2026-11-12


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