Seven villagers trapped in flooded Laos cave during rescue operation.
Seven villagers entered a cave in Xaisomboun province, Laos on May 19 and became trapped by flash flooding. International rescue teams, including Thai divers from the 2018 Thai cave rescue, are working to locate and extract them. As of the latest reports, five have been found alive while two remain missing.
47
Divergence score
This event sits in the top 5% of divergence this week. 13 outlets covered it, splitting into 7 framing camps across 4 bias groups.
7 camps
4 bias groups
The spectrum · how 13 outlets placed this story
LeftCenterRight
AP News
Globe and Mail
Washington Times
The Guardian
Deutsche Welle
BBC
CNN
South China Morning Post
NY Post
Al Jazeera
PBS NewsHour
ABC News
Reuters
Supportive of action
Neutral
Dismissive
Critical
Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Washington Times
Search continues for seven villagers trapped in a flooded Laos cave
ongoing search operation · neutral
CNN
Five of seven people trapped in Laos cave found alive, rescuers say
partial rescue success · positive
First to report
- South China Morning Postfirst
- Deutsche Welle+4.9 h
- The Guardian+5.9 h
- Washington Times+10.8 h
- CNN+13.0 h
- BBC+17.3 h
- Globe and Mail+28.6 h
- NY Post+29.1 h
- Al Jazeera+58.1 h
- Reuters+92.2 h
- PBS NewsHour+102.4 h
- ABC News+103.9 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
Some outlets report five found alive while others report three found dead, a direct contradiction on casualties. SCMP alone claims deaths; CNN alone confirms survivors found.
How each outlet covered it
Two readings of the same facts
The left and the right lead with different language. The loaded words each chose are highlighted.
47DIVERGENCE
THE RIGHT
“Race against time to rescue villagers trapped in flooded cave — as 5 are found alive”NYP NY Post RIGHT
DOWN THE MIDDLE
“Search in flooded cave for 7 gold-mining villagers in Laos enters sixth day” · AP News, Globe and Mail, Deutsche Welle, BBC, South China Morning Post
+Hide the full sourcingSee how all 13 outlets put it
LEFT2
GThe Guardian Thai rescuers join effort to free seven people trapped in Laos cave 107d ago CNNCNN Five of seven people trapped in Laos cave found alive, rescuers say 107d ago LEFT-CENTER1
ABCABC News Villager rescued from Laos cave, divers go back for others trapped 105d ago CENTER3
APAP News Search continues for 7 villagers trapped in a flooded Laos cave PBSPBS NewsHour Rescuers evacuate the first of 5 villagers found trapped in a cave in Laos; 2 still missing 105d ago RReuters Specialist divers head to Laos to join 'extremely challenging' cave rescue 105d ago RIGHT2
WTWashington Times Search continues for seven villagers trapped in a flooded Laos cave 108d ago NYPNY Post Race against time to rescue villagers trapped in flooded cave — as 5 are found alive 107d ago INTERNATIONAL5
GMGlobe and Mail Villagers trapped in flooded Laos cave for seven days await rescue 108d ago DWDeutsche Welle Laos: Rescuers race to reach 7 trapped in flooded cave 109d ago BBCBBC Rescuers race to free seven people trapped in flooded Laos cave 107d ago SCSouth China Morning Post Search in flooded cave for 7 gold-mining villagers in Laos enters sixth day 109d ago AJAl Jazeera Rescue teams find five of seven trapped in Laos cave 107d ago 7 tracked claims across 13 outlets
Fact ledger
All7Disputed1Claimed1Corroborated5
2/13
Disputed
Casualty status: Five found alive vs. three found dead.
Corroborated
Disputed
6 more tracked claimsSign up free to see the full ledger