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Coverage & sourcesThe US‑Iran war: Iran's leadership losses, succession and protests

Collected articles: every report in this story's record, counted once, in the week (Monday to Sunday, UTC) it was published; a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. Copies of the same wire story count as separate articles. This shows how much we collected, not how important a development was or whether it was independently confirmed. It covers this record only, not all news coverage. Our collection begins in October 2021.

Collected articles per week

1168 dated articles from Dec 29, 2025 to the week of August 31, 2026.

2520Week of December 29, 2025: 56 articlesWeek of January 5, 2026: 126 articlesWeek of January 12, 2026: 174 articlesWeek of January 19, 2026: 9 articlesWeek of January 26, 2026: 28 articlesWeek of February 2, 2026: 4 articlesWeek of February 9, 2026: 6 articlesWeek of February 16, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of February 23, 2026: 252 articlesWeek of March 2, 2026: 36 articlesWeek of March 9, 2026: 106 articlesWeek of March 16, 2026: 87 articlesWeek of March 23, 2026: 7 articlesWeek of March 30, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of April 6, 2026: 5 articlesWeek of April 13, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of April 20, 2026: 6 articlesWeek of April 27, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of May 4, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of May 11, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of May 18, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of May 25, 2026: 15 articlesWeek of June 1, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of June 8, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of June 15, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of June 22, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of June 29, 2026: 137 articlesWeek of July 6, 2026: 87 articlesWeek of July 13, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of July 20, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of July 27, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of August 3, 2026: 6 articlesWeek of August 10, 2026: 16 articlesWeek of August 17, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of August 24, 2026: 0 articlesWeek of August 31, 2026: 5 articlesJan 2026Feb 2026Mar 2026Apr 2026May 2026Jun 2026Jul 2026Aug 2026

Weekly counts, newest first

Collected articles per week
Week ofArticlesReports
August 31, 20265August 2026 in the record
August 24, 20260
August 17, 20260
August 10, 202616
August 3, 20266
July 27, 20260July 2026 in the record
July 20, 20260
July 13, 20260
July 6, 202687
June 29, 2026137June 2026 in the record
June 22, 20260
June 15, 20260
June 8, 20260
June 1, 20260
May 25, 202615May 2026 in the record
May 18, 20260
May 11, 20260
May 4, 20260
April 27, 20260April 2026 in the record
April 20, 20266
April 13, 20260
April 6, 20265
March 30, 20260March 2026 in the record
March 23, 20267
March 16, 202687
March 9, 2026106
March 2, 202636
February 23, 2026252February 2026 in the record
February 16, 20260
February 9, 20266
February 2, 20264
January 26, 202628January 2026 in the record
January 19, 20269
January 12, 2026174
January 5, 2026126
December 29, 202556December 2025 in the record

Compare by outlet rating

Of 1,168 dated articles, 18% from left-rated outlets, 34% from center-rated outlets, 8% from local TV counted as center, 21% from right-rated outlets and 19% from outlets not placed left or right.

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The table, with every outlet behind each number

Outlets nobody has rated stay in their own group. Local TV newsrooms are counted as center by a published rule, whatever their own rating, and are shown apart from outlets rated center.

Outlet ratingArticlesShare of the 1168
Left (left and lean-left outlets)
The 31 outlets
20718%
Center (outlets rated center)
The 88 outlets
39434%
Counted as center by rule (local TV newsrooms)
The 15 outlets
958%
Right (right and lean-right outlets)
The 37 outlets
25021%
Not placed left or right (foreign outlets, entertainment trades)
The 8 outlets
22219%

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