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DEVELOPING · 20 OCT → 30 OCT 2026 · 11 EDITIONS · 39 OUTLETS

Kim Jong Un visits China days after state media photos counter death rumors

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 19 39 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 21 Oct 00:15 UTC · North Korean state media publishes photos of Kim Jong Un amid death rumors 21 Oct 12:12 UTC · North Korean State Media Publishes Kim Jong Un Photos Amid Unsubstantiated Death Rumors 24 Oct 12:20 UTC · Kim Jong Un visits China days after state media photos counter death rumors

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 21 Oct, 00:15 UTC

    North Korean state media publishes photos of Kim Jong Un amid death rumors

  2. 21 Oct, 12:12 UTC

    North Korean State Media Publishes Kim Jong Un Photos Amid Unsubstantiated Death Rumors

  3. 24 Oct, 12:20 UTC

    Kim Jong Un visits China days after state media photos counter death rumors

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

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