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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 20 in the world

Disasters and accidents

Earthquakes, crashes, fires and their aftermath.

Share of the world’s attention: 1.2%
Change: –
12 weeks
Share of trending lists: 0.2%world averageUnited States 0.0%United Kingdom 0.0%Japan 0.4%What’s on the charts this week

A third what people search for on Google, a third what they read on Wikipedia, a third what the news covers: attention, not market size. Games, for one, are played far more than they’re searched for or read about. How it’s measured

The leading theme in 3 countries:Bahamas Lebanon Dominican Republic

Disasters and accidents · this week

Current Zeitgeist

Breakdown

What its reading is made of this week, part by part

Place

47.0%Accidents

Total100.0%

Select a part to open it or see what people read in it

Most read in Accidents

1
American Airlines Flight 587
No. 1 · 72.4k viewsEheik, Public domain
2
Chernobyl disaster
No. 2 · 46.3k viewsIAEA Imagebank, CC BY-SA 2.0
3
Sinking of the Titanic
No. 3 · 36k viewsZiko van Dijk, CC BY-SA 4.0
4
September 11 attacks
No. 4 · 22.6k views
5
Japan Air Lines Flight 123
No. 5 · 22.3k viewsWikimedia Commons, Public domain

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 2.3m page views · Open in the explorer

Inside Problems & concerns

Every area’s share of its reading this week; this theme’s in colour

69.3%Crime & justice

Total100.0%

In colour: counted in this theme

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 20.2m page views · Open in the explorer

Where it’s biggest

Its share of each country’s attention this week

0 to 1% or moreNo data

Biggest share

Its share of each country’s attention, against the world’s

New and growing

Phrases new or growing in this week’s English-language headlines, against the 8 weeks before

Learjet · Florida plane crash · jet crash
New
28 headlines · 22 outlets
Who was Nathalia Filgueiras? 20-year-old co-pilot's 'flying date' post resurfaces after fatal Florida Learjet crashindiatimes.com
Miguel · Jesus · Tenerife
New
11 headlines · 8 outlets
Tenerife striker De Miguel dies after collision in matchghanaiantimes.com.gh
hospital following
New
6 headlines · 6 outlets
4 taken to hospital following TPE accident involving 2 lorries and 2 carsasiaone.com
Oil Prices · price crash
New
6 headlines · 6 outlets
U.S. Oil, Gas Drillers See Minor Uptick as Oil Prices Crashoilprice.com
accidents claim
New
6 headlines · 5 outlets
Road accident claims 3 lives, injures 2 in Afghanistan's Kunduzbignewsnetwork.com
Niño · flood risk
Rising
8 headlines · 8 outlets
Brunei enters northeast monsoon season, warns of flood risk as strong El Nino persistsbignewsnetwork.com
road crashes
Rising
8 headlines · 8 outlets
Three die in Ogun road crashespunchng.com
train collision · seven killed · bus-truck collision
Rising
15 headlines · 14 outlets
Seven killed in Egypt train collision as authorities launch probesknvibes.com

Current stories

The stories and events behind this week

Disasters and accidents

Discussion

Disasters and accidents · this week

Emotions

How its news sounds

Its tone against its usual, and each feeling against the average news

Brighter than usual

Tone −4.60 · usual −4.77

Mostly fear, 2.0× the average

Anxiety1.1×
Fear2.0×
Anger0.8×
Sadness1.2×

Each bar compares a feeling with the average news here; the tick marks the average.

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