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29,264 | 69.7% |
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8,540 | 20.3% |
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4,125 | 9.8% |
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| Top Tweet Types | Count | % |
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| Tweet | 24,155 | 57.5% |
| Reply | 15,007 | 35.7% |
| Retweet | 2,809 | 6.7% |
| Quote | 35 | 0.1% |
| Top Content Types | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| Photo | 23,554 | 56.1% |
| URL | 20,677 | 49.2% |
| Video | 6,031 | 14.4% |
| GIF | 124 | 0.3% |
| Top Domains in URLs | Count | % |
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8,494 | 45.7% |
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1,839 | 9.9% |
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1,710 | 9.2% |
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1,184 | 6.4% |
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1,180 | 6.4% |
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944 | 5.1% |
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743 | 4.0% |
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386 | 2.1% |
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228 | 1.2% |
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198 | 1.1% |
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@AFPFactCheck - AFP Fact Check 🔎
@EUDataNewsHub - EU Data News Hub🇪🇺
@SebastianAFP - Sebastian Smith
@IssamAhmed - Issam Ahmed
@AFPAfrica - AFP Africa
@sarahussein - Sara Hussein
@AureliaBAILLY - Aurelia BAILLY
@TopshotKirk - GLYN KIRK
@AFPcom - AFPcom
@katieforster - Katie Forster
@JohnSaeki - John Saeki
@AgnesBun - Agnès Bun 黃瑩燕
@sstummeafp - Susan Stumme
@ChrisJStein - Chris Stein
@heatherscottafp - Heather Scott
@shauntandon - Shaun Tandon
@jcartillier - Jérôme Cartillier
@natfukue - Natsuko Fukue
@doberah - Deborah Cole
@mojobeirut - Jean-Marc Mojon
@gavafox - David Fox
@AndrewBeatty - Andrew Beatty
@marlowehood - marlowehood
@JeromeTaylor - Jerome Taylor
@guyjackson42 - Guy Jackson
@afpfr - Agence France-Presse
@pstebbings - Peter Stebbings
@MarishaGSherry - Marisha Goldhamer
@curious_scribe - Glenda Kwek
@dmitryzaksAFP - Dmitry Zaks
@DanielSilvaAFP - Daniel Silva
@dannyctkemp - Danny Kemp
@akannampilly - Ammu Kannampilly
@gharabli_ahmad - ahmad gharabli احمد غرابلي
@JamesEdgar - James Edgar
@rleverafp - Rob Lever
@wgdunlop - W.G. Dunlop
@ArisMessinis - Aris Messinis
@aishwaryak03 - Aishwarya Kumar
@InesBelAiba - Inès Bel Aïba
@CCamdessus - Camille Camdessus
@gersende75 - gersende rambourg
@keremyucel - Kerem Yücel
@MichaelMathes - Michael Mathes| Most Quoted Users | Count | % |
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 @AFP - AFP News Agency
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16 | 45.7% |
 @AFPphoto - AFP Photo
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8 | 22.9% |
 @AureliaEndAFP - Aurelia End
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2 | 5.7% |
 @melvinreport - Joshua Melvin
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1 | 2.9% |
 @maggydonaldson - Maggy Donaldson
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1 | 2.9% |
 @paulacramon - Paula Ramón
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1 | 2.9% |
 @Huw_Griffith - Huw Griffith
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1 | 2.9% |
 @asthill_ - Anne-Sophie Thill
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1 | 2.9% |
 @DaveClark_AFP - Dave Clark
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1 | 2.9% |
 @AFPespanol - Agence France-Presse
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1 | 2.9% |
 @robin__legrand - Robin Legrand
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1 | 2.9% |
 @EleonoreSens - Eléonore Sens
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1 | 2.9% |
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| Most Replied to Users | Count | % |
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@AFP - AFP News Agency
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14,929 | 100.0% |
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@AFPphoto - AFP Photo
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2 | 0.0% |
 @fakihn - Nasser Fakih
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1 | 0.0% |
 @Patriot37027 - Steve Neocon
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1 | 0.0% |
| Top Hashtags | Count | % |
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| #breaking | 9,229 | 22.0% |
| #update | 7,704 | 18.3% |
| #afpsports | 2,656 | 6.3% |
| #afp | 1,617 | 3.8% |
| #afpgraphics | 880 | 2.1% |
| #olympics | 424 | 1.0% |
| #tokyo2020 | 384 | 0.9% |
| #updates | 364 | 0.9% |
| #covid19 | 348 | 0.8% |
| #ukraine | 331 | 0.8% |
| #euro2020 | 177 | 0.4% |
| #afghanistan | 150 | 0.4% |
| #cop26 | 140 | 0.3% |
| #video | 103 | 0.2% |
| #paralympics | 96 | 0.2% |
| #oscars | 94 | 0.2% |
| #beijing2022 | 81 | 0.2% |
| #ausopen | 73 | 0.2% |
| #t20worldcup | 67 | 0.2% |
| #kabul | 61 | 0.1% |
| #coronavirus | 55 | 0.1% |
| #mariupol | 53 | 0.1% |
| #climatechange | 51 | 0.1% |
| #omicron | 46 | 0.1% |
| #climate | 40 | 0.1% |
| #winterolympics | 40 | 0.1% |
| #ashes | 39 | 0.1% |
| #india | 38 | 0.1% |
| #france | 38 | 0.1% |
| #rolandgarros | 37 | 0.1% |
| #afpgraphic | 32 | 0.1% |
| #grammys | 32 | 0.1% |
| #belarus | 32 | 0.1% |
| #icymi | 31 | 0.1% |
| #wimbledon | 31 | 0.1% |
| #poland | 29 | 0.1% |
| #sudan | 29 | 0.1% |
| #navalny | 26 | 0.1% |
| #tokyoolympics | 26 | 0.1% |
| #covid | 25 | 0.1% |
| #kyiv | 25 | 0.1% |
| #ethiopia | 24 | 0.1% |
| #yemen | 24 | 0.1% |
| #afcon2021 | 24 | 0.1% |
| #gold | 24 | 0.1% |
| #ucl | 23 | 0.1% |
| #china | 23 | 0.1% |
| #merkel | 23 | 0.1% |
| #usopen | 23 | 0.1% |
| #thailand | 22 | 0.1% |
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| Top Words | Count | % |
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| covid | 2,683 | 6.4% |
| russia | 2,620 | 6.2% |
| russian | 2,240 | 5.3% |
| government | 1,591 | 3.8% |
| biden | 1,416 | 3.4% |
| police | 1,249 | 3.0% |
| military | 1,211 | 2.9% |
| since | 1,210 | 2.9% |
| pandemic | 1,200 | 2.9% |
| killed | 1,161 | 2.8% |
| coronavirus | 1,102 | 2.6% |
| taliban | 1,088 | 2.6% |
| states | 1,061 | 2.5% |
| during | 1,056 | 2.5% |
| forces | 907 | 2.2% |
| announced | 900 | 2.1% |
| security | 880 | 2.1% |
| prime | 859 | 2.0% |
| chief | 815 | 1.9% |
| european | 786 | 1.9% |
| thousands | 780 | 1.9% |
| invasion | 770 | 1.8% |
| talks | 755 | 1.8% |
| authorities | 748 | 1.8% |
| officials | 745 | 1.8% |
| being | 737 | 1.8% |
| climate | 730 | 1.7% |
| ukrainian | 717 | 1.7% |
| foreign | 716 | 1.7% |
| before | 702 | 1.7% |
| including | 652 | 1.6% |
| months | 645 | 1.5% |
| vaccine | 634 | 1.5% |
| according | 627 | 1.5% |
| britain | 625 | 1.5% |
| kyiv | 623 | 1.5% |
| countries | 608 | 1.4% |
| afp | 595 | 1.4% |
| afghan | 592 | 1.4% |
| western | 590 | 1.4% |
| chinese | 581 | 1.4% |
| border | 580 | 1.4% |
| rights | 576 | 1.4% |
| beijing | 573 | 1.4% |
| despite | 564 | 1.3% |
| sanctions | 555 | 1.3% |
| troops | 550 | 1.3% |
| hong | 544 | 1.3% |
| cases | 542 | 1.3% |
| olympic | 535 | 1.3% |
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| Top Emojis | Count | % |
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| 📸 Camera With Flash | 1,504 | 3.6% |
| 📷 Camera | 410 | 1.0% |
| ➡ Black Rightward Arrow | 304 | 0.7% |
| ✍ Writing Hand | 114 | 0.3% |
| 📹 Video Camera | 70 | 0.2% |
| ⚠ Warning Sign | 60 | 0.1% |
| 🌍 Globe Showing Europe-Africa | 50 | 0.1% |
| ❌ Cross Mark | 45 | 0.1% |
| 😷 Face With Medical Mask | 42 | 0.1% |
| 🗳 Ballot Box With Ballot | 38 | 0.1% |
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Tweets
After nearly two years in exile following a string of financial scandals, Spain's former king makes his first trip home Thursday, on a brief visit that has sparked widespread criticism
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Brief trip home by Spain's exiled ex-king raises hackles
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#UPDATE NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that "concerns" raised by Turkey over the Sweden and Finland's applications to the military alliance were being addressed pic.twitter.com/tSW6C5g9uq
VIDEO: A Pakistani brickmaker in one of the world's hottest cities says he sometimes feels like throwing up due to the scorching temperatures.
Jacobabad in Sindh province is in the grip of a heatwave with the mercury recently peaking at 51 degrees Celsius (124 Fahrenheit)
Jacobabad in Sindh province is in the grip of a heatwave with the mercury recently peaking at 51 degrees Celsius (124 Fahrenheit)
#BREAKING Jordan king says 'delusional' half-brother to remain under house arrest pic.twitter.com/UQuCj6OvQw
Thomas Frank is optimistic Denmark star Christian Eriksen will agree to extend his stay at Premier League club Brentford after impressing during his brief spell at the Bees
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Frank optimistic Eriksen will stay at Brentford
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#BREAKING Jordan king says 'delusional' half-brother to remain under house arrest
#BREAKING NATO addressing Turkey's 'concerns' over Sweden, Finland bids: Stoltenberg pic.twitter.com/fBMef9Mn8D
VIDEO: We all know someone with a rubbish fashion sense, but Rob Greenfield is proud to be wearing garbage -- it's all part of a plan to show just how much trash we unthinkingly throw away every month
Global markets took a beating Thursday after Wall Street suffered one of its worst batterings in two years over recession fears after decades-high inflation
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Global stocks slump on recession fears
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India's huge diamond-polishing industry has furloughed around 250,000 of its roughly two million workers because of sanctions on Russia hitting supplies, a trade union said Thursday
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Ukraine war puts Indian diamond polishers out of work
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Ben Stokes is the subject of a new documentary created with Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes focusing on the peaks and troughs of his action-packed cricket career
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VIDEO: Hundreds of people have been camping out for days outside a San Salvador prison where their relatives are imprisoned. El Salvador has arrested more than 30,000 suspected gang members since President Nayib Bukele in March launched his "war" on criminal groups
#UPDATE Ukrainian prosecutors on Thursday requested a life sentence for the first Russian soldier on trial for war crimes since the start of Moscow's invasion, an AFP reporter in the Kyiv courtroom said pic.twitter.com/6SSaEeBRGZ
An embarrassing slip of the tongue by former US president George W. Bush may have drawn laughter from his American audience, but it raised the ire of Iraqis
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For the first time ever there will be women referees at a men's World Cup finals after FIFA revealed the list for the quadrennial showpiece being hosted later this year by Qatar
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Women to referee at World Cup finals for first time
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VIDEO: Tom Cruise, who received an honorary Palme d'Or on his first visit to Cannes in 30 years, leaves the screening of the sequel "Top Gun: Maverick" with the rest of the cast and crew
An embarrassing slip of the tongue by former US president George W. Bush may have drawn laughter from his American audience, but it raised the ire of Iraqis
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Bush gaffe on 'unjustified' war draws Iraqi ire
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#BREAKING Prosecutors request life sentence for Russian soldier in Kyiv war crimes trial: AFP pic.twitter.com/Oh4bdSCfVv
VIDEO: Police in Armenia arrest hundreds of protesters as opposition supporters seek to spread their month-long anti-government demonstrations throughout Yerevan
Tiger Woods continues his amazing comeback from severe leg injuries in Thursday's opening round of the PGA Championship, joining Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy for an early morning start
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Tiger, Spieth and McIlroy primed to make early PGA charge
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#UPDATE Germany has removed official perks accorded to former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, assessing that he has failed to uphold the obligations of his office by refusing to sever ties with Russian energy giants pic.twitter.com/qiTv2kh1fR
#BREAKING Germany strips Schroeder of official privileges over Russia ties: parliament pic.twitter.com/k9S5mj35fC
#UPDATE Russia said that 1,730 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered this week at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, showing some emerging on crutches after an all-out battle that has become emblematic of the nearly three-month-old war u.afp.com/wuTb
#ICYMI VIDEO: The world's tallest building disappears behind a grey layer of dust as sandstorms that have swept the Middle East hit the United Arab Emirates, prompting weather and traffic warnings
#UPDATE Olympic 200m breaststroke champion Zac Stubblety-Cook smashed the world record on Thursday at the Australian championships, touching in 2mins 05.95secs 📸 Australia's Izaac Stubblety-Cook in action during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games pic.twitter.com/8B6OEWgrmP
VIDEO: Models from the LGBTQ+ community and Rwandans with disabilities strut their stuff for the Isano Fashion Show in Kigali as they mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
An Iranian-Swedish citizen facing imminent execution in Iran is being held as a hostage by Tehran in a bid to force Belgium and Sweden to make concessions in two cases concerning former Iranian officials, Amnesty International said Thursday
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Swedish citizen risking Iran execution is 'hostage': Amnesty
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VIDEO: A zoo in Pakistan's city of Rawalpindi has declared a "heatwave emergency" as temperatures soar in the South Asian nation
London police said on Thursday they had completed their probe into the "Partygate" scandal rocking Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government and issued a total 126 fines in all
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UK police end 'Partygate' probe with 126 fines issued
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#BREAKING WHO authorises China's CanSinoBIO Covid-19 vaccine pic.twitter.com/OVDgNujePd
VIDEO: Gamlet Zinkivsky is a street art star in Ukraine. Back in Kharkiv, he paints Molotov cocktails on wooden planks that cover broken windows after the fighting between the Russian and Ukrainian army, saying his art "inspires" the Ukrainian people to "fight and defend"
Gareth Bale has been named in the Wales squad for their World Cup play-off final against Scotland or Ukraine despite recent back trouble as they seek to qualify for the tournament for the first time since 1958
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Back trouble: Bale named in Wales squad for World Cup play-off final
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North Korea is poised to conduct a nuclear test, Seoul said Thursday, as the United States warned it could come as President Joe Biden visits South Korea this week
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North Korea 'ready for nuclear test' with Biden due in Seoul
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VIDEO: In the Mafalala museum, the Iverca association fights to preserve the history and culture of the oldest and most famous neighbourhood of Maputo
#BREAKING Indonesia to lift ban on palm oil exports from Monday: president pic.twitter.com/qsGqtFa7Ag
VIDEO: North Korean state media KCTV releases images of hundreds of personnel from the Korean People's Army medical unit rallying in Pyongyang.
Leader Kim Jong Un has deployed the military and ordered nationwide lockdowns to try and slow the spread of the disease
Leader Kim Jong Un has deployed the military and ordered nationwide lockdowns to try and slow the spread of the disease
VIDEO: Sharing a border with Russia, Finland's National Defence Training Association (MPK) says interest in the country’s voluntary training spiked in the weeks after Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
#BREAKING Australia's Stubblety-Cook smashes men's 200m breaststroke world record pic.twitter.com/8zekZMexR8
#BREAKING Australia's Stubblety-Cook smashes men's 200m breaststroke world record
Map locating the position of Russian forces in Mariupol as of May 18 at 1900 GMT #AFPgraphics @AFP pic.twitter.com/LOpnunfPYb
A medical school in Tokyo that made it harder for female students to pass entrance exams was on Thursday ordered to pay compensation to 13 women for gender discrimination
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Tokyo med school ordered to pay over gender discrimination
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Map of Ukraine showing position of military forces in Ukraine as of May 19, 0700 GMT #AFPgraphics @AFP pic.twitter.com/TXYfrMHxA0
VIDEO: "The Storm" is the last surviving submarine from the Soviet Union's "Project 613", which was abandoned by Moscow in Albanian waters in 1961.
A former sailor has kept it alive by reconstructing its interior, but what will happen to the submarine is still unclear
A former sailor has kept it alive by reconstructing its interior, but what will happen to the submarine is still unclear
#UPDATE The first Russian soldier on trial for war crimes in Ukraine asked for "forgiveness" in a Kyiv court Thursday as he gave a detailed account on how he killed a civilian early during Moscow's invasion pic.twitter.com/jG6LXhQiF9
#BREAKING Bangladesh and Sri Lanka draw first cricket Test pic.twitter.com/c6XXkfnPr8
#BREAKING First Russian soldier on trial in Ukraine for war crimes asks 'forgiveness': AFP pic.twitter.com/RuXJr1EXxp
