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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 3 in the world

Leaders and great powers

Who governs, rivalries between powers and diplomacy.

Share of the world’s attention: 11.8%Dominant
Change: –
12 weeks
Share of trending lists: 5.2%world averageUnited States 6.3%United Kingdom 1.3%Japan 0.8%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 9 countries:Paraguay Slovakia Indonesia Venezuela Hungary Denmark Czechia Sweden Austria

Where it splits peopleOpen to the world Protect our own

Leaders and great powers · this week

Current Zeitgeist

Breakdown

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

Place

84.1%Government & leaders

Total100.0%

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

Most read in Government & leaders

1
Abdul El-Sayed
No. 1 · 791.3k viewsConlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0
2
Stephen Miller
No. 2 · 649.6k viewsThe White House, Public domain
3
Pete Hegseth
No. 3 · 486.3k viewsU.S. Department of Defense, Public domain
4
Ilse Aigner
No. 4 · 443.1k viewsSyn 2023, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
5
Jon Ossoff
No. 5 · 351.3k viewsU.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 45.2m page views · Open in the explorer

Inside Politics & power

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

63.8%Government & leaders

Total100.0%

In colour: counted in this theme

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 59.5m page views · Open in the explorer

Companies people read about

The most-read companies in it on Wikipedia this week

ISKCON
BRICS
Muslim Brotherhood
League of Nations
OECD
National Assembly

Where it’s biggest

Its share of each country’s attention this week

0 to 21% 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

Museveni
New
8 headlines · 5 outlets
NUP Disowns Nalubowa's Meeting with Musevenichimpreports.com
Rabuka
New
8 headlines · 4 outlets
Rabuka extends warm Diwali wishes to Hindus across Fijifijivillage.com
ANC · Joburg
New
7 headlines · 6 outlets
ANC wants clear majority in Joburg: mayoral candidate Loyiso Masukubusinessday.co.za
import expo
New
6 headlines · 6 outlets
Super buyer China opens door to shared prosperity at import expoen.people.cn
HRDC
New
6 headlines · 4 outlets
NGORA warns HRDC against misleading publicmalawi24.com
Commonwealth · slavery apology
Rising
24 headlines · 21 outlets
Burnham heads to Commonwealth summit after opening door to slavery apologyandoveradvertiser.co.uk
CHOGM · UK PM
Rising
25 headlines · 19 outlets
UK PM ANDY BURNHAM PRAISES A&B'S HOSTING OF CHOGMabstvradio.com
Local Government
Rising
7 headlines · 7 outlets
When a data centre comes to town: What options do local governments have?calgarysun.com

Current stories

The stories and events behind this week

Leaders and great powers

Discussion

Leaders and great powers · this week

Emotions

How its news sounds

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

Brighter than usual

Tone −0.39 · usual −0.58

Calmer than the average news, no feeling stands out

Anxiety0.8×
Fear0.8×
Anger0.9×
Sadness0.9×

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

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