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Tuesday, 10 November 2026English edition
The Geopolitician

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France · In the world’s press

France in the world’s press

Which countries’ presses mention France, how much against their habit, and what they said. Foreign presses only; the country’s own press is shown apart.

Mentions from foreign presses, 90 days

2,366 mentions yesterday · 2% below its 30-day mean · 5% of the world’s foreign attention

Who is watching

The presses that mentioned France most over the last 7 days: mentions, the share of that press’s foreign attention, and the change against its previous 30 days.

  1. Algeria’s press 640 mentions · 23% of its foreign attention · ×1.1 vs its habit
  2. DR Congo’s press 593 mentions · 23% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  3. French Polynesia’s press 529 mentions · 48% of its foreign attention · ×1.1 vs its habit
  4. Switzerland’s press 433 mentions · 12% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  5. United Kingdom’s press 418 mentions · 5% of its foreign attention · ×0.6 vs its habit
  6. Russia’s press 390 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×0.7 vs its habit
  7. Italy’s press 368 mentions · 8% of its foreign attention · ×1.1 vs its habit
  8. Morocco’s press 331 mentions · 12% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  9. Belgium’s press 318 mentions · 7% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  10. United States’ press 297 mentions · 5% of its foreign attention · ×0.7 vs its habit
  11. Martinique’s press 288 mentions · 75% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  12. Senegal’s press 287 mentions · 12% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit

France’s own press: 5,065 mentions in 7 days.

Stories that reached the France press

The travelling stories this press carried, newest first, with the day it first did.

  1. Lula's political strategies against Trump 69 presses · 24 days · on 5 Oct 2026
  2. Trump comments on Ukraine's future borders 52 presses · 26 days · on 11 Oct 2026
  3. Russell Brand convicted of rape in UK 35 presses · 15 days · on 9 Nov 2026
  4. Trump acknowledges tough deportation policy 6 presses · 13 days · on 27 Oct 2026
  5. Student list victory impacts Serbian politics 25 presses · 21 days · on 26 Oct 2026
  6. Trump discusses Iran and potential war 58 presses · 14 days · on 1 Nov 2026

What they said

The latest foreign headlines naming France, as the outlets wrote them; the translation is ours when shown.

Collection outage, left blank: 17 Sep 2026, 18 Sep 2026, 28 Sep 2026, 29 Sep 2026, 30 Sep 2026, 1 Oct 2026, 2 Oct 2026, 3 Oct 2026.

Counted at fetch time from the titles and descriptions of every article read, by the outlet’s country. Shares, not raw counts, when presses are compared: a press that publishes more mentions everyone more. Coverage of the local press, not public opinion and not truth. Data since 17 September 2026. Method →

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