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Kolkata Durga Puja stampede death toll rises to 19

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 26 52 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 17 Oct 18:19 UTC · At least 17 killed in stampede at Kolkata Durga Puja pandal 18 Oct 00:10 UTC · At least 17 killed in stampede at Kolkata Durga Puja pandal 18 Oct 06:10 UTC · Seven arrested after Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills at least 19 18 Oct 18:11 UTC · Seven arrested after Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills at least 19 19 Oct 12:11 UTC · Seven arrested after Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills 19 19 Oct 18:11 UTC · Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills 19; seven arrested 20 Oct 06:14 UTC · Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills 19, police open culpable homicide case 20 Oct 12:12 UTC · Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills at least 17, injures 25 20 Oct 18:15 UTC · Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills 19, prompts judicial investigation 21 Oct 00:15 UTC · Kolkata Durga Puja stampede death toll rises to 19

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 8 HEADLINES

  1. 17 Oct, 18:19 UTC

    At least 17 killed in stampede at Kolkata Durga Puja pandal

  2. 18 Oct, 06:10 UTC

    Seven arrested after Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills at least 19

  3. 19 Oct, 12:11 UTC

    Seven arrested after Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills 19

  4. 19 Oct, 18:11 UTC

    Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills 19; seven arrested

  5. 20 Oct, 06:14 UTC

    Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills 19, police open culpable homicide case

  6. 20 Oct, 12:12 UTC

    Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills at least 17, injures 25

  7. 20 Oct, 18:15 UTC

    Kolkata Durga Puja stampede kills 19, prompts judicial investigation

  8. 21 Oct, 00:15 UTC

    Kolkata Durga Puja stampede death toll rises to 19

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Durga Puja · 6 outlets
  • Suvendu Adhikari · 4 outlets
  • Amit Shah · 4 outlets
  • Madhya Pradesh · 2 outlets
  • Bageshwar Baba · 2 outlets
  • Samik Bhattacharya · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • 25 injured stampede · from 17 Oct 19:15, 6 outlets
  • 25 others injured · from 17 Oct 18:15, 4 outlets
  • Suvendhu Adhikari · from 17 Oct 03:30, 3 outlets
  • 17 feared dead · from 17 Oct 15:27, 3 outlets
  • Kumbh Mela · from 17 Oct 19:36, 3 outlets
  • Sharadwat Mukherjee · from 16 Oct 00:02, 2 outlets
  • Election Commission · from 17 Oct 03:41, 2 outlets
  • Uttar Pradesh · from 17 Oct 03:41, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • will run: 03042 (1 from 13 Oct 09:47) → 03136 (1 from 13 Oct 09:47) → 03132 (1 from 13 Oct 09:47) → 03188 (1 from 13 Oct 09:47) → 03512 (1 from 13 Oct 09:47) → 03466 (1 from 13 Oct 09:47)
  • services operate: 120 (1 from 13 Oct 09:47) → 62 (1 from 13 Oct 09:47) → 84 (1 from 13 Oct 09:47)
  • will operate: 03134 (1 from 13 Oct 09:47) → 03186 (1 from 13 Oct 09:47) → 03528 (1 from 13 Oct 09:47)
  • people killed: 17 (1 from 17 Oct 19:36) → 36 (1 from 17 Oct 19:36) → 121 (1 from 17 Oct 19:36)
  • people injured: 30 (2 from 17 Oct 19:36) → 19 (1 from 20 Oct 10:05)
  • crore taka: 4 (1 from 20 Oct 09:22) → 5 (1 from 20 Oct 09:22) → 3 (1 from 20 Oct 09:22)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.