Asia · Monday, 9 November 2026
Saudi Arabia
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 4.0 Breakout
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Everyday apps here: Microsoft Teams · مدرستي · Salatuk - صلاتك · Procreate · المتسوق | أقوى اكواد خصم. 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 1,143 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Cost of living More than usual
- COP31'e 6 kıtadan 102 lider katılıyor (aa.com.tr)
- 2026: Η θερμότερη χρονιά όλων των εποχών (protagon.gr)
Survey · 2023 67% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone+1.5positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.4The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.1× usual4.2 words per 1,000usually 3.9The GDELT Project
- Fear1.2× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
- Anger0.9× usual8.4 words per 1,000usually 8.9The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual7.3 words per 1,000usually 7.2The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.9 words per 1,000usually 7.6The 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
Rising on Google
Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 1 November 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Crime & justice
1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani
سوالف طريق - ابو طلال الحمراني2قضية
Books, arts & history
- قصص رون
2Treasures of the Seerah by Sheikh Othman Al-Khamis
كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس- القاعدة النورانية
Fashion & beauty
Everyday app
2Melkah: Find Your Life Partner
Everyday app
Everyday app
Food & drink
Everyday app
3HungerStation - Food Delivery
Everyday app
Keeta - Delivery de comida
Money & crypto
Everyday app
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Movies & TV
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Music
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Picikepocok22, CC BY 4.0 Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 Falling
Sports
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TheCricketer, CC BY-SA 4.0 Breakout
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Travel & places
Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 4.0 Breakout
National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Public domain Breakout
3Trip.com: Flight, Hotel, Train
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Industries here
Media & entertainment 20Music 18Tech & software 8Sports & fitness 4Education 4Telecom & internet 3Travel & tourism 2Fashion & beauty 2Advertising & marketing 2Finance & banking 1Crypto & digital assets 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.
Politics in the news
- Protests in the news0reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 1 a dayThe GDELT Project
- Violence in the news27reports of events, mostly in English9 Nov 2026 · usually 57 a dayThe GDELT Project
Economy
- Inflation1.8%Jul 2026 · +0.1 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment3.1%Dec 2025 · −0.0 pts since Nov 2025World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Central bank rate4.50%Sept 2026 · +0.25 pts since Aug 2026BIS
- GDP growth4.5%2025 · +1.9 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment10.0%2025 · −1.5 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Materials Chemistry
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Society
- People online100.0%2024 · ±0.0 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change35.4%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority61.6%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1Lupin
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2Obsess
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3Doctor X: Mafia in White
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4Dead-End Job
6100 Days of Deception
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7Below
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Press photo, Public domain 10East of Eden
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Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Surviving Hurricane Otis
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Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0 2Manoj Bajpayee
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3Collision Course
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4AlMahaitiya
5The Witches
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6Animals
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7Armored
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8Shabab El Bomb 3
9Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
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10The Addams Family
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
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2Marwan Pablo
3Karol G
4Tul8te
5Drake
6Season 25
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8Olivia Rodrigo
9Adéla
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Apple Music · 2026-11-10
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1Road Tales – Abu Talal Al-Hamrani
2جناية
3الشيخ ماهر المعيقلي
4بودكاست أبجورة
5بترولي
6مرتدة
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7بدون ورق
8El Daheeh - الدحيح
9فنجان مع عبدالرحمن أبومالح
10المصحف المرتل
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-10
App Store · Free apps
1قمة للمزادات
2Q | كيو
3Microsoft Teams
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4Claude by Anthropic
5Google Gemini
6ChatGPT
7Anwaa
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8barq
9Mawhiba | موهبة
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10Kick - Streaming ao Vivo
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App Store · 2026-11-10
App Store · Paid apps
1Melkah: Find Your Life Partner
2الخلاوي
3ازرع | Azr3
4TypeDraw
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5AnkiMobile Flashcards
6الدليلة
7Procreate
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8Qكيو
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9Salatuk - صلاتك
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10Machine Party
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App Store · 2026-11-10
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.