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Burkina Faso
Sovereign state in Africa.
Rising in 48 countries since Tuesday, 15 September 2026. Today: 45 countries.
- rising today
- 45
- at the peak
- 45 on 4 Oct
- first rising
- 15 Sept
- days rising
- 11
Why it’s rising AI-generated
Reading about and searching for Burkina Faso, a sovereign state in Africa, rose in 48 countries from 15 September, peaking at 45 on 4 October. Headlines reported travel difficulties for the Burkina Faso team ahead of its friendly with Argentina.
Based on Yahoo Sports (United Arab Emirates), ESPN (Albania)
Written by an AI model from the data on this page and checked automatically against it. It can still contain mistakes. How these notes are written and checked.
Day by day
Countries where it was rising, each day
| Day | Countries |
|---|---|
| 4 Oct | 45 |
| 3 Oct | 4 |
| 2 Oct | 1 |
| 1 Oct | 1 |
| 30 Sept | 1 |
| 29 Sept | 3 |
| 28 Sept | 1 |
| 27 Sept | 1 |
| 26 Sept | 0 |
| 25 Sept | 1 |
| 24 Sept | 1 |
| 23 Sept | 0 |
| 22 Sept | 0 |
| 21 Sept | 0 |
| 20 Sept | 0 |
| 19 Sept | 0 |
| 18 Sept | 0 |
| 17 Sept | 0 |
| 16 Sept | 0 |
| 15 Sept | 1 |
How it spread
Each row is a country, in the order it started rising; each square is a day it was rising there. This is the order it appeared in, not a chain of cause.
In the news
- Messi's Penultimate Match in Chaos: Burkina Faso Refuse to Travel, U23s Called Up
La Gazzetta dello Sport · United Arab Emirates · via Google Trends - Argentina vs Burkina Faso: Friendlies stats & head-to-head
BBC · Albania · via Google Trends - Licensable picture: International Friendly - Argentina v Burkina Faso
Reuters Connect · Armenia · via Google Trends - Why isn't Lionel Messi playing for Argentina against Burkina Faso?USA Today · United Arab Emirates · 4 Oct · via Google Trends
- Flight difficulties from Africa put Argentina-Burkina Faso match at riskYahoo Sports · United Arab Emirates · 4 Oct · via Google Trends
- Argentina score 7 past makeshift Burkina Faso after travel woesESPN · Albania · 4 Oct · via Google Trends
Headlines from countries where it rose, found by Google Trends and GDELT. Each links to its publisher; we show only the headline.
Pulse: what readers say
Readers who answered, not a representative sample.