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

Ukraine

The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in Ukraine’s attention is Wars and security (15.7%, 3.7× the world). The news sounds brighter than usual.

Ukraine’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

Streaming and screen culture

31.0% of attention this week

Most readWikipedia

Top storiesThe news

Open the Streaming and screen culture page

Current stories

The stories and events behind this week

  1. rbc.ua

  2. wset.com

  3. Oleshky
    ru:user:Gottinight, CC BY-SA 3.0

    idnes.cz

  4. interfax.com.ua

  5. Kyiv
    Francisco Anzola, CC BY 3.0

    bloknot.ru

  6. Melania Trump
    FLOTUS – Melania Trump, Public domain

    tsn.ua

News · 6 · Indicative

Blind spots

Where attention and coverage don’t line up

  • Read more than coveredGames and esports21×
Reading and news · 795.8k · Solid

Ukraine · 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.

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is Ukraine's capital and largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. The official language is Ukrainian. Ukraine covers about 603,628 km2 (230,000 sq mi), with around 32 million people. Humans have inhabited Ukraine since at least 32,000 BC.

From Wikipedia: Ukraine · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pictures

  • Youth in national Ukrainian dress during a ceremony commemorating the 22 January 1919 "Act of Reunification of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Western…
    Youth in national Ukrainian dress during a ceremony commemorating the 22 January 1919 "Act of Reunification of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Western…Nastya Khachaturiants · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Starved peasants on a street in Kharkiv, 1933. Collectivisation of crops and their confiscation by Soviet authorities led to a major famine in Soviet Ukraine…
    Starved peasants on a street in Kharkiv, 1933. Collectivisation of crops and their confiscation by Soviet authorities led to a major famine in Soviet Ukraine…Alexander Wienerberger · Public domain
  • Wheat crop in Spasiv village, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine.
    Wheat crop in Spasiv village, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine.Liilia Moroz · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Central Municipal Hospital in Kyiv
    Central Municipal Hospital in KyivPosterrr · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Ukrainian president Zelenskyy visiting a hospital in the Odesa Oblast, where injured Ukrainian defenders are seen treated in July 2022 during the…
    Ukrainian president Zelenskyy visiting a hospital in the Odesa Oblast, where injured Ukrainian defenders are seen treated in July 2022 during the…PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY Official website · CC BY 4.0
  • A collection of traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs—pysanky. The design motifs on pysanky date back to early Slavic cultures
    A collection of traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs—pysanky. The design motifs on pysanky date back to early Slavic culturesLubap Creator:Luba Petrusha · CC BY-SA 3.0

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

Ukraine · 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. Vladimir Putin

    5,498 stories

  2. Donald Trump

    3,349 stories

  3. The White House, Public domain

    Jared Kushner

    4.5× last week

    1,904 stories

  4. Vladimir Zelensky

    1,092 stories

  5. Steve Witkoff

    2.7× last week

    969 stories

  6. Dmitry Peskov

    628 stories

  7. Presidential Executive Office of Russia, CC BY 4.0

    Yuri Ushakov

    2.4× last week

    601 stories

  8. kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0

    Vladimir Medinsky

    15.1× last week

    318 stories

  9. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CC BY 2.0

    Rustem Umerov

    13.8× last week

    276 stories

  10. Sergei Lavrov

    252 stories

Organizations

  1. European Union

    854 stories

  2. United Nations

    193 stories

  3. European Council

    3.7× last week

    159 stories

  4. Republican Party

    149 stories

  5. The New York Times Company, Public domain

    New York Times

    133 stories

  6. Democratic Party

    107 stories

  7. Supreme Court

    98 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

Ukraine · The week of 30 Oct to 5 Nov

On social media

Social →

Going around online in Ukraine

What Ukraine’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

Ukraine

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