Brazil heads to runoff as Bolsonaro leads Lula in first round of presidential election

What the coverage shows

Most outlets converge on the same basic frame: Brazil’s presidential race is heading to a runoff after Flávio Bolsonaro finished ahead of Lula in the first round. Reuters, AP, CNN, the New York Times and others emphasize the surprise or outperformance of polls, while BBC and the Guardian foreground the result as a first-round win for Bolsonaro. Several outlets add their own angles, with Axios, NPR and the South China Morning Post stressing U.S. or China implications, and The Independent focusing on gains for Bolsonaro’s camp in Congress.

Written by Crossfiled from the 23 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.