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THE REFRACT 2026RSSEVERY STORY HAS MANY SIDES

Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

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US Aircraft Shot Down in Iran: Race to Find the Pilot

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Australia

2 SOURCES

Anxious allies · 3 of 16 countries

The quagmire moment—and its consequences for the Indo-Pacific

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China

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Structural critics · 2 of 16 countries

Empire in overheating: spending, losses, and American quagmire

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United States

2 SOURCES

Incident minimized by the president, severity amplified by the press

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France

2 SOURCES

American entanglement and destabilization of the Levant, a zone of French interest

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India

1 SOURCE

Single source

Proxy observers · 2 of 16 countries

US aircraft losses signal prolonged war and mounting energy bill

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Iran

1 SOURCE

Single source

Dual narrative: military victory for the people, capacity demonstration for the world

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Israel

1 SOURCE

Single source

The shot-down aircraft validates the Iranian threat, justifying continued strikes

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Japan

1 SOURCE

Single source

Anxious allies · 3 of 16 countries

Shot-down aircraft signals prolonged war threatening Japan's energy supply

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Nigeria

2 SOURCES

Military losses and financial costs linked, humanitarian angle on Iranian hospitals

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Pakistan

1 SOURCE

Single source

Mediators at risk · 3 of 16 countries

Pakistani mediation threatened by each military escalation

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Qatar

STATE MEDIA

1 SOURCE

Single source

Mediators at risk · 3 of 16 countries

Day 36: the tally of a war of attrition that spills across the Gulf

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United Kingdom

1 SOURCE

Single source

Direct access to the president, ruthless judgment by facts

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Russia

STATE MEDIA

1 SOURCE

Single source

Structural critics · 2 of 16 countries

American quagmire validates the Russian thesis of a multipolar world

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Singapore

1 SOURCE

Single source

Anxious allies · 3 of 16 countries

Indicator of war duration and Asia's energy crisis

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Turkey

STATE MEDIA

1 SOURCE

Single source

Mediators at risk · 3 of 16 countries

Diplomatic balance between both sides and concern for Turkish economy

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Ukraine

1 SOURCE

Single source

Proxy observers · 2 of 16 countries

US bogging down in Iran threatens support for Ukraine and refunds Russia

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US Aircraft Shot Down in Iran: Race to Find the Pilot | The Refract

This number is the probability that two countries picked at random frame the event differently. Each country is assigned ONE frame among four possible readings of the story, and the score measures how spread out those choices are. A low score means the countries read the event the same way — not that they agree on the facts or the figures.