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France deploys 70,000 security personnel as cost-of-living protests draw hundreds of thousands

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 25 50 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 18 Oct 18:19 UTC · More than 1,800 arrested after French cost-of-living protests turn violent 18 Oct 18:54 UTC · Nearly 2,400 arrested after French cost-of-living protests turn violent 19 Oct 00:10 UTC · Nearly 2,400 arrested after France cost-of-living protests turn violent 19 Oct 06:29 UTC · Nearly 2,400 arrested after French cost-of-living protests turn violent 19 Oct 12:16 UTC · Nearly 2,400 arrested after French cost-of-living protests turn violent 19 Oct 13:36 UTC · France plans localized curfews after nationwide protests turn violent 19 Oct 18:12 UTC · France plans localized curfews after nationwide protests turn violent 19 Oct 19:36 UTC · France plans localized curfews after nationwide protests turn violent 20 Oct 00:13 UTC · France imposes local curfews after nationwide protests turn violent 20 Oct 18:17 UTC · France orders curfews and major security deployment after nationwide unrest 21 Oct 00:16 UTC · France plans major security deployment after nationwide protests turn violent 25 Oct 12:18 UTC · France deploys 70,000 security personnel as cost-of-living protests draw hundreds of thousands

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 9 HEADLINES

  1. 18 Oct, 18:19 UTC

    More than 1,800 arrested after French cost-of-living protests turn violent

  2. 18 Oct, 18:54 UTC

    Nearly 2,400 arrested after French cost-of-living protests turn violent

  3. 19 Oct, 00:10 UTC

    Nearly 2,400 arrested after France cost-of-living protests turn violent

  4. 19 Oct, 06:29 UTC

    Nearly 2,400 arrested after French cost-of-living protests turn violent

  5. 19 Oct, 13:36 UTC

    France plans localized curfews after nationwide protests turn violent

  6. 20 Oct, 00:13 UTC

    France imposes local curfews after nationwide protests turn violent

  7. 20 Oct, 18:17 UTC

    France orders curfews and major security deployment after nationwide unrest

  8. 21 Oct, 00:16 UTC

    France plans major security deployment after nationwide protests turn violent

  9. 25 Oct, 12:18 UTC

    France deploys 70,000 security personnel as cost-of-living protests draw hundreds of thousands

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Emmanuel Macron · 9 outlets
  • Sebastien Lecornu · 6 outlets
  • Laurent Nunez · 4 outlets
  • In Paris · 4 outlets
  • In Lyon · 3 outlets
  • France Unbowed · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • 300,000 turned out · from 25 Oct 10:25, 3 outlets
  • 70,000 police officers · from 23 Oct 13:41, 2 outlets
  • 70,000 security officials · from 25 Oct 10:25, 2 outlets
  • 110,000 people took · from 25 Oct 10:25, 2 outlets
  • Paris Saint · from 25 Oct 10:25, 2 outlets
  • Olympique Lyonnais · from 25 Oct 10:25, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • people arrested: 1,800 (2 from 18 Oct 08:26) → 2,400 (4 from 18 Oct 10:26) → 2,000 (1 from 18 Oct 18:01) → 855 (1 from 19 Oct 04:52) → 2,700 (1 from 25 Oct 02:21) → 100 (1 from 25 Oct 10:25)
  • police officers: 900 (1 from 17 Oct 16:55) → 150 (1 from 18 Oct 08:26) → 70,000 (2 from 23 Oct 13:41)
  • people been: 32,800 (1 from 17 Oct 16:55) → 1,800 (1 from 18 Oct 08:26) → 2,000 (1 from 18 Oct 18:01)
  • people took: 550,000 (1 from 18 Oct 16:11) → 110,000 (2 from 25 Oct 10:25)
  • arrested looting: 2,400 (2 from 18 Oct 19:30) → 1,800 (1 from 19 Oct 02:15)

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