The fire which ravaged France's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral received seven times more searches on Google than the bombings which rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday and killed nearly 300 people. Within 24 hours of both incidents, Trends says that the Notre Dame fire recorded between five and nine times more search interest than Sri Lanka. "Conversely, in India, Sri Lanka is 'closer to home' and that why it was reflected more prominently in India's search trends," he said. When news of the Ethiopian Airlines crash broke out, Google Trends reported that people in America were mainly searching for American victims of the crash." While Google does not release the exact numbers of searches, according to Trends, France, Mexico, Argentina, Italy and Brazil all reported 90 percent more searches for Notre Dame than for Sri Lanka.

Source: Ethiopian News April 22, 2019 12:21 UTC