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DEVELOPING · 14 OCT → 31 OCT 2026 · 18 EDITIONS · 57 OUTLETS

Pope Leo XIV Returns to Vatican After Lung Cancer Surgery

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 28 57 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 17 Oct 12:19 UTC · Pope Leo XIV cleared to leave hospital after lung cancer surgery 17 Oct 18:15 UTC · Pope Leo XIV returns to Vatican after lung cancer surgery 18 Oct 00:11 UTC · Pope Leo XIV Returns to Vatican After Lung Cancer Surgery

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 17 Oct, 12:19 UTC

    Pope Leo XIV cleared to leave hospital after lung cancer surgery

  2. 17 Oct, 18:15 UTC

    Pope Leo XIV returns to Vatican after lung cancer surgery

  3. 18 Oct, 00:11 UTC

    Pope Leo XIV Returns to Vatican After Lung Cancer Surgery

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Luigi Carbone · 4 outlets
  • St Peter · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.