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Riyadh airport attacks prompt travel warnings and event postponements

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 85 171 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 8 Oct 18:10 UTC · Houthi attacks hit Saudi airports as blasts echo across Riyadh 9 Oct 00:09 UTC · Houthi attacks disrupt flights at Riyadh airport, kill three in Saudi Arabia 9 Oct 06:43 UTC · Houthis claim Riyadh airport strike as flights face widespread disruption 9 Oct 12:09 UTC · Three killed in Houthi-claimed attacks on Riyadh airport as airlines suspend flights 10 Oct 18:10 UTC · Riyadh airport suspends operations after attack injures several people 11 Oct 00:11 UTC · Attack on Riyadh airport kills 12 and wounds 309, Saudi officials say 11 Oct 06:08 UTC · Riyadh airport attack kills 12 and wounds 309 11 Oct 12:08 UTC · At least 12 killed and 309 wounded in Riyadh airport attack 11 Oct 18:10 UTC · Second attack hits Riyadh airport after deadly Saturday strike 12 Oct 00:08 UTC · New Riyadh airport strike kills one after Saturday attack leaves 13 dead 12 Oct 06:44 UTC · Second Riyadh airport strike kills one as Houthis widen attacks 12 Oct 12:09 UTC · Riyadh airport closure extended after deadly Houthi attacks 12 Oct 18:09 UTC · Riyadh airport closure extended after deadly Houthi attacks 13 Oct 12:10 UTC · Riyadh airport operations remain suspended after deadly Houthi attacks 14 Oct 12:12 UTC · Riyadh airport operations suspended after deadly Houthi attacks 14 Oct 19:18 UTC · Riyadh airport operations suspended after deadly Houthi attacks 15 Oct 00:13 UTC · Riyadh airport remains disrupted after deadly Houthi attacks 15 Oct 12:13 UTC · Riyadh airport operations remain suspended after deadly Houthi attacks 15 Oct 18:16 UTC · Saudi Arabia says Riyadh airport faced 20 attacks in October 16 Oct 06:15 UTC · Riyadh airport attacks leave 17 dead, disrupt travel and events 16 Oct 22:34 UTC · Riyadh airport attacks prompt travel warnings and event postponements

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 18 HEADLINES

  1. 8 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    Houthi attacks hit Saudi airports as blasts echo across Riyadh

  2. 9 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    Houthi attacks disrupt flights at Riyadh airport, kill three in Saudi Arabia

  3. 9 Oct, 06:43 UTC

    Houthis claim Riyadh airport strike as flights face widespread disruption

  4. 9 Oct, 12:09 UTC

    Three killed in Houthi-claimed attacks on Riyadh airport as airlines suspend flights

  5. 10 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    Riyadh airport suspends operations after attack injures several people

  6. 11 Oct, 00:11 UTC

    Attack on Riyadh airport kills 12 and wounds 309, Saudi officials say

  7. 11 Oct, 06:08 UTC

    Riyadh airport attack kills 12 and wounds 309

  8. 11 Oct, 12:08 UTC

    At least 12 killed and 309 wounded in Riyadh airport attack

  9. 11 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    Second attack hits Riyadh airport after deadly Saturday strike

  10. 12 Oct, 00:08 UTC

    New Riyadh airport strike kills one after Saturday attack leaves 13 dead

  11. 12 Oct, 06:44 UTC

    Second Riyadh airport strike kills one as Houthis widen attacks

  12. 12 Oct, 12:09 UTC

    Riyadh airport closure extended after deadly Houthi attacks

  13. 13 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    Riyadh airport operations remain suspended after deadly Houthi attacks

  14. 15 Oct, 00:13 UTC

    Riyadh airport remains disrupted after deadly Houthi attacks

  15. 15 Oct, 12:13 UTC

    Riyadh airport operations remain suspended after deadly Houthi attacks

  16. 15 Oct, 18:16 UTC

    Saudi Arabia says Riyadh airport faced 20 attacks in October

  17. 16 Oct, 06:15 UTC

    Riyadh airport attacks leave 17 dead, disrupt travel and events

  18. 16 Oct, 22:34 UTC

    Riyadh airport attacks prompt travel warnings and event postponements

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Saudi Arabia · 22 outlets
  • Civil Aviation · 10 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Asian Tour · from 14 Oct 17:44, 3 outlets
  • Saudi International · from 14 Oct 17:44, 3 outlets
  • Novak Djokovic · from 14 Oct 17:44, 2 outlets
  • Civil Defence · from 14 Oct 17:44, 2 outlets
  • 330 injured attacks · from 15 Oct 19:30, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • people wounded: 12 (10 from 10 Oct 22:26) → 13 (2 from 12 Oct 05:41)
  • people killed: 3 (2 from 9 Oct 02:41) → 12 (4 from 10 Oct 22:07) → 13 (1 from 18 Oct 11:22)
  • injured attack: 309 (3 from 10 Oct 23:00) → 11 (2 from 12 Oct 05:00)
  • people injured: 12 (4 from 10 Oct 23:16) → 17 (1 from 15 Oct 16:09)
  • wounded attack: 28 (1 from 9 Oct 10:07) → 300 (3 from 10 Oct 22:26)

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