Travelling story
Pope Leo XIV recovering after surgery
First seen in Netherlands’ press on 16 October 2026. Carried by 6 presses over 3 days, 19 articles in all; the busiest day was 16 October 2026 with 8 articles.
Ended — carried by the press of 6 countries between 16 October 2026 and 22 October 2026.
Articles per day
The spread, day by day
For each day: the articles the presses gave it, and the presses that carried it for the first time that day.
- 5 articles · 6 presses so far
- 6 articles · 4 presses so far
new: Philippines (2)
- 8 articles · 3 presses so far
new: Netherlands (4), Argentina (2), Canada (2)
The presses that carried it
Ranked by articles over the whole story; the date is the first day each press carried it.
- Argentina 6 articles · from 16 Oct 2026
- Netherlands 4 articles · from 16 Oct 2026
- Italy 3 articles · from 22 Oct 2026
- Canada 2 articles · from 16 Oct 2026
- Philippines 2 articles · from 20 Oct 2026
- Nigeria 2 articles · from 22 Oct 2026
What they wrote
A few headlines per day, in the outlets’ own words; the translation is ours when shown.
- Italy · 22 Oct 2026 Pope needs no further treatment after lung-cancer surgery say doctors ↗
- Italy · 22 Oct 2026 Pope says he feels 'closeness' to sick after lung-cancer surgery ↗
- Nigeria · 22 Oct 2026 Pope Leo XIV Discharged From Hospital After Cancer Surgery ↗
- Italy · 22 Oct 2026 Pope to hold general audience on Wednesday ↗
- Argentina · 20 Oct 2026 Pope Leo has cancerous growth removed in lung operation ↗
- Argentina · 20 Oct 2026 Pope Leo out of bed, progress 'normal' after cancer operation ↗
- Philippines · 20 Oct 2026 Pope Leo to hold Wednesday audience for first time since cancer surgery ↗
- Argentina · 20 Oct 2026 Pope Leo's cancer operation already reshaping his papacy ↗
- Netherlands · 16 Oct 2026 Rond ziekenhuis waar paus Leo XIV ligt betuigen tientallen mensen steun: ’Zijne Heiligheid, U bent de long van de kerk’ ↗
- Canada · 16 Oct 2026 First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery ↗
- Netherlands · 16 Oct 2026 Paus aan beterende hand, draagt mis op in ziekenhuis ↗
Topics are clustered daily from article embeddings across the outlets we read and chained day over day when their centroids match (cosine ≥ 0.80); a story is attributed to the press of each outlet’s country. Where it was first seen is where it first appeared in our feeds. Coverage, not truth; order of appearance, not origin or intent. Method →