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French police clash with protesters after nationwide cost-of-living marches

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 60 120 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct 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 31 Oct 1 Nov 7 Oct 00:13 UTC · Hundreds of Thousands Rally as French School Protests Spread Nationwide 17 Oct 18:17 UTC · French school protests broaden as police and demonstrators clash nationwide 18 Oct 06:10 UTC · More than 1,200 arrested as France protests erupt in violence 18 Oct 12:10 UTC · More than 1,800 arrested after French cost-of-living protests turn violent 18 Oct 18:10 UTC · About 1,800 arrested after French cost-of-living protests turn violent 19 Oct 06:09 UTC · France arrests 1,800 after cost-of-living protests turn violent 19 Oct 12:08 UTC · More than 2,500 arrested after cost-of-living protests turn violent across France 19 Oct 18:10 UTC · France moves to restore order after cost-of-living protests turn violent 20 Oct 00:10 UTC · France weighs curfews after cost-of-living protests turn violent 20 Oct 12:10 UTC · France moves to restore order after cost-of-living protests turn violent 24 Oct 18:17 UTC · More than 400,000 march across France as sporadic clashes break out 25 Oct 00:12 UTC · More than 400,000 protest across France as clashes erupt in several cities 25 Oct 12:12 UTC · French police clash with protesters after nationwide cost-of-living marches

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 13 HEADLINES

  1. 7 Oct, 00:13 UTC

    Hundreds of Thousands Rally as French School Protests Spread Nationwide

  2. 17 Oct, 18:17 UTC

    French school protests broaden as police and demonstrators clash nationwide

  3. 18 Oct, 06:10 UTC

    More than 1,200 arrested as France protests erupt in violence

  4. 18 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    More than 1,800 arrested after French cost-of-living protests turn violent

  5. 18 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    About 1,800 arrested after French cost-of-living protests turn violent

  6. 19 Oct, 06:09 UTC

    France arrests 1,800 after cost-of-living protests turn violent

  7. 19 Oct, 12:08 UTC

    More than 2,500 arrested after cost-of-living protests turn violent across France

  8. 19 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    France moves to restore order after cost-of-living protests turn violent

  9. 20 Oct, 00:10 UTC

    France weighs curfews after cost-of-living protests turn violent

  10. 20 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    France moves to restore order after cost-of-living protests turn violent

  11. 24 Oct, 18:17 UTC

    More than 400,000 march across France as sporadic clashes break out

  12. 25 Oct, 00:12 UTC

    More than 400,000 protest across France as clashes erupt in several cities

  13. 25 Oct, 12:12 UTC

    French police clash with protesters after nationwide cost-of-living marches

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Emmanuel Macron · 12 outlets
  • In Paris · 7 outlets
  • Le Pen · 5 outlets
  • Laurent Nunez · 4 outlets
  • In Marseille · 4 outlets
  • Amnesty International · 3 outlets
  • In Toulouse · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Donald Trump · from 13 Oct 22:33, 4 outlets
  • Yellow Vest · from 18 Oct 16:23, 4 outlets
  • 1,200 people arrested · from 18 Oct 03:54, 3 outlets
  • 150 police officers · from 18 Oct 03:54, 3 outlets
  • Maurice Barate · from 18 Oct 06:45, 3 outlets
  • 1,800 people arrested · from 18 Oct 10:26, 3 outlets
  • 500 police officers · from 18 Oct 10:53, 3 outlets
  • Al Jazeera · from 13 Oct 11:17, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • people arrested: 23 (1 from 13 Oct 22:33) → 150 (1 from 17 Oct 17:29) → 1,200 (3 from 18 Oct 03:54) → 1,800 (3 from 18 Oct 10:26) → 2,500 (1 from 19 Oct 11:40) → 2,700 (1 from 24 Oct 11:42) → 11 (1 from 24 Oct 23:09)
  • police officers: 700 (1 from 6 Oct 16:28) → 715 (1 from 6 Oct 18:03) → 150 (3 from 18 Oct 03:54) → 500 (3 from 18 Oct 10:53) → 70,000 (1 from 24 Oct 12:17)
  • people took: 266,000 (1 from 6 Oct 18:05) → 71,500 (1 from 8 Oct 17:10) → 480,000 (1 from 13 Oct 16:03) → 550,000 (1 from 18 Oct 06:45) → 800,000 (1 from 18 Oct 06:45) → 110,000 (1 from 24 Oct 13:17) → 410,000 (1 from 24 Oct 17:10) → 400,000 (1 from 24 Oct 19:37)
  • people been: 4,000 (1 from 4 Oct 11:43) → 5,000 (1 from 5 Oct 14:01) → 6,100 (1 from 6 Oct 16:28) → 850 (1 from 18 Oct 13:35) → 64 (2 from 24 Oct 12:17)
  • people joined: 550,000 (1 from 18 Oct 06:45) → 26,500 (2 from 24 Oct 17:20)
  • arrests violent: 855 (2 from 18 Oct 10:45) → 1,800 (1 from 18 Oct 12:30)

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