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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 6 in the world

Wars and security

Wars, terror, armies and the fear of escalation.

Share of the world’s attention: 4.3%
Change: –
12 weeks
Share of trending lists: 0.4%world averageUnited States 0.0%United Kingdom 0.0%Japan 0.0%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 18 countries:Yemen Bahrain Afghanistan Myanmar (Burma)Iran Syria Somalia Kuwait Qatar Palestinian Territories Israel Ukraine Poland United Arab Emirates France Germany United Kingdom United States

Where it splits peopleFreedom SecurityHope Fear

Wars and security · this week

Current Zeitgeist

Breakdown

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

Place

65.7%Defence & military

Total100.0%

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

Most read in Defence & military

1
Gadi Eisenkot
No. 1 · 164.8k viewsיהב טרודלר (Yahav Trudler - Yahav Studio‬‏), CC BY-SA 3.0
2
ArmaLite AR-15
No. 2 · 114.3k viewsUnknown author Unknown author, Public domain
3
Napoleon
No. 3 · 103.6k viewsJacques-Louis David, Public domain
4
White House Chief of Staff
No. 4 · 61.6k viewsThe White House, Public domain
5
Xi Jinping
No. 5 · 59.1k viewsPresidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 9.7m 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

Where it’s biggest

Its share of each country’s attention this week

0 to 11% 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

Sahara · UN mission
New
8 headlines · 8 outlets
Morocco will 'uphold Western Sahara ceasefire after UN mission ends'cyprus-mail.com
Vance · GOP
New
7 headlines · 7 outlets
Vance says Iran war cost GOP the midterms; Trump says he would have done nothing differentabc6onyourside.com
Netflix
New
6 headlines · 6 outlets
3 Best New Netflix Series To Binge-Watch This Weekend (November 6–8, 2026)screenrant.com
Navy Chief · celebrates Diwali
New
5 headlines · 5 outlets
Navy Chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan celebrates Diwali with forward-deployed personnel in Gujarat, reviews…aninews.in
Rohingya genocide case · World Court
New
5 headlines · 5 outlets
World Court to rule in Rohingya genocide case on Nov 19bdnews24.com
Remembrance
Rising
36 headlines · 32 outlets
Why the Irish no longer mark Remembrance Dayirishcentral.com
US midterm · midterm elections · Donald Trump
Rising
9 headlines · 9 outlets
What US midterm election results mean for the regionarabnews.com
oil prices
Rising
6 headlines · 6 outlets
EV sales grow as Australians have 'had enough with the volatility of oil prices'perthnow.com.au

Current stories

The stories and events behind this week

Wars and security

Discussion

Wars and security · this week

Emotions

How its news sounds

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

Brighter than usual

Tone −2.73 · usual −2.92

Mostly anger, 2.8× the average

Anxiety1.3×
Fear1.4×
Anger2.8×
Sadness1.1×

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

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