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More Than 400,000 Join French Protests as Clashes and Arrests Continue

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 58 117 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 6 Oct 18:26 UTC · French student protests draw unions after mass arrests and injuries 7 Oct 12:21 UTC · French school protests draw more than 250,000 amid clashes and mass arrests 7 Oct 18:18 UTC · French student protests draw more than 250,000 as clashes continue 8 Oct 00:16 UTC · French student protests draw more than 250,000 as unions join demonstrations 18 Oct 00:16 UTC · More than 1,000 arrested as cost-of-living protests turn violent across France 18 Oct 06:14 UTC · More than 1,000 arrested as French cost-of-living protests turn violent 18 Oct 12:11 UTC · France reels after cost-of-living protests turn violent as separate demonstrations hit Europe 18 Oct 18:12 UTC · France unrest continues after cost-of-living protests, around 2,000 arrested 19 Oct 12:10 UTC · France begins cleanup after cost-of-living protests turn violent 25 Oct 00:11 UTC · Nearly 1,000 arrested after mass protests across France 25 Oct 06:11 UTC · Nearly 1,000 Arrested After Mass Protests Across France 25 Oct 12:10 UTC · More Than 1,300 Arrested After Mass Protests Across France 25 Oct 18:10 UTC · More Than 1,300 Arrested During Nationwide Protests in France 26 Oct 00:10 UTC · More than 1,300 arrested after nationwide protests in France 26 Oct 06:10 UTC · More Than 1,000 Arrested After Nationwide Protests in France 27 Oct 12:21 UTC · More Than 400,000 Join French Protests as Clashes and Arrests Continue

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 16 HEADLINES

  1. 6 Oct, 18:26 UTC

    French student protests draw unions after mass arrests and injuries

  2. 7 Oct, 12:21 UTC

    French school protests draw more than 250,000 amid clashes and mass arrests

  3. 7 Oct, 18:18 UTC

    French student protests draw more than 250,000 as clashes continue

  4. 8 Oct, 00:16 UTC

    French student protests draw more than 250,000 as unions join demonstrations

  5. 18 Oct, 00:16 UTC

    More than 1,000 arrested as cost-of-living protests turn violent across France

  6. 18 Oct, 06:14 UTC

    More than 1,000 arrested as French cost-of-living protests turn violent

  7. 18 Oct, 12:11 UTC

    France reels after cost-of-living protests turn violent as separate demonstrations hit Europe

  8. 18 Oct, 18:12 UTC

    France unrest continues after cost-of-living protests, around 2,000 arrested

  9. 19 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    France begins cleanup after cost-of-living protests turn violent

  10. 25 Oct, 00:11 UTC

    Nearly 1,000 arrested after mass protests across France

  11. 25 Oct, 06:11 UTC

    Nearly 1,000 Arrested After Mass Protests Across France

  12. 25 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    More Than 1,300 Arrested After Mass Protests Across France

  13. 25 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    More Than 1,300 Arrested During Nationwide Protests in France

  14. 26 Oct, 00:10 UTC

    More than 1,300 arrested after nationwide protests in France

  15. 26 Oct, 06:10 UTC

    More Than 1,000 Arrested After Nationwide Protests in France

  16. 27 Oct, 12:21 UTC

    More Than 400,000 Join French Protests as Clashes and Arrests Continue

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Emmanuel Macron · 17 outlets
  • Laurent Nunez · 9 outlets
  • Luc Melenchon · 4 outlets

Entered the story later

  • In Paris · from 17 Oct 08:02, 10 outlets
  • Le Pen · from 17 Oct 20:52, 9 outlets
  • Yellow Vest · from 16 Oct 15:38, 7 outlets
  • In Marseille · from 17 Oct 20:37, 4 outlets
  • In Lyon · from 17 Oct 20:52, 4 outlets
  • European Union · from 17 Oct 21:02, 4 outlets
  • 800,000 people participated · from 18 Oct 09:45, 4 outlets
  • 1,800 people arrested · from 18 Oct 09:45, 4 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • people arrested: 5,000 (1 from 5 Oct 21:18) → 5,060 (1 from 5 Oct 21:18) → 500 (2 from 7 Oct 06:00) → 107 (1 from 7 Oct 16:38) → 1,200 (3 from 17 Oct 20:52) → 855 (2 from 18 Oct 09:45) → 1,800 (4 from 18 Oct 09:45) → 2,000 (1 from 18 Oct 17:55) → 2,700 (2 from 24 Oct 17:54) → 1,000 (3 from 25 Oct 01:20) → 1,300 (1 from 25 Oct 11:02)
  • police officers: 715 (2 from 6 Oct 02:35) → 43 (1 from 7 Oct 06:00) → 150 (2 from 17 Oct 20:52) → 500 (2 from 18 Oct 05:38) → 70,000 (2 from 24 Oct 10:04) → 1,000 (1 from 24 Oct 21:09) → 192 (1 from 25 Oct 01:37) → 53 (1 from 25 Oct 12:05)
  • people been: 272 (1 from 17 Oct 13:44) → 1,800 (3 from 18 Oct 09:45) → 855 (1 from 18 Oct 09:45) → 1,200 (1 from 18 Oct 11:52) → 388 (1 from 18 Oct 13:15) → 2,400 (1 from 19 Oct 07:32) → 1,000 (1 from 24 Oct 21:09)
  • arrested during: 1,200 (1 from 18 Oct 07:00) → 2,000 (2 from 18 Oct 13:45) → 1,000 (1 from 25 Oct 07:15) → 1,300 (3 from 25 Oct 13:15) → 1.314 (1 from 25 Oct 16:32)
  • people took: 400 (1 from 17 Oct 20:37) → 110,000 (1 from 18 Oct 11:52) → 550,000 (2 from 18 Oct 13:15) → 410,000 (2 from 25 Oct 12:05)
  • arrests across: 272 (1 from 17 Oct 15:24) → 1,800 (1 from 19 Oct 07:00) → 1,000 (1 from 25 Oct 09:15) → 1,300 (1 from 25 Oct 10:38)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.