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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world

Tunisia

Tunisia’s zeitgeist, by theme

Its Wikipedia reading this week, each page counted once, in its main theme · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted

Mood

How the news sounds, and how people say they feel

How the news sounds

As usual

Tone −0.74 · usual −0.88

  • Anxiety1.0× usual
  • Fear0.9× usual
  • Anger0.9× usual
  • Sadness0.9× usual
News · 1.6k · Indicative

Tunisia · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Seen from inside and outside

How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.

Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares maritime borders with Italy through the islands of Sicily and Sardinia to the north and Malta to the east. It features the archaeological sites of Carthage dating back to the 9th century BC, as well as the Great Mosque of Kairouan.

From Wikipedia: Tunisia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pictures

  • Ruins of a 2nd-century temple in Dougga, one of nine World Heritage Sites in Tunisia
    Ruins of a 2nd-century temple in Dougga, one of nine World Heritage Sites in TunisiaSlim Alileche · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Domes of the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Founded in 670, it dates in its present form largely from the Aghlabid period (9th century). It is the oldest mosque in…
    Domes of the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Founded in 670, it dates in its present form largely from the Aghlabid period (9th century). It is the oldest mosque in…YiTe LAI from Joensuu, Finland · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Attendees leaving mosque in Tunis c. 1899
    Attendees leaving mosque in Tunis c. 1899Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
  • Tunisian students
    Tunisian studentsMagharebia · CC BY 2.0
  • Al-Zaytuna Mosque in Tunis
    Al-Zaytuna Mosque in TunisKassus · CC BY 2.5
  • Rachidia orchestra playing traditional music in Tunis Theater
    Rachidia orchestra playing traditional music in Tunis TheaterDrFO.Jr.Tn · CC BY 3.0

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

Tunisia · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Who’s in the news

The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.

People

  1. Donald Trump

    2.2× last week

    26 stories

  2. Khaled Nouri

    8.5× last week

    17 stories

  3. Yasser Arafat

    7 stories

  4. Alexis Tsipras

    New

    6 stories

  5. Abbas Araghchi

    New

    5 stories

  6. יהב טרודלר (Yahav Trudler - Yahav Studio‬‏), CC BY-SA 3.0

    Gadi Eisenkot

    New

    5 stories

  7. Andrew Haigh

    New

    4 stories

  8. Bafana Bafana

    4 stories

  9. Emma Mackey

    New

    4 stories

Organizations

  1. International Atomic Energy Agency

    6.5× last week

    26 stories

  2. Elbit Systems

    New

    5 stories

  3. Country Club

    4 stories

  4. Club Africain

    New

    3 stories

  5. African Union

    New

    3 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

Tunisia · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov

On social media

Social →

Going around online in Tunisia

What Tunisia’s own news sites say went viral, trended or got people talking online this week

Headlines: GDELT, from each country’s own news sites; each links to its article

Tunisia

Discussion

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