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THE SAME WORDS, PRINTED DIFFERENTLYThursday 13 August 2026

4 outlets quote this line 3 different ways.

apnews.com: “had a big head start”; breakingnews.ie: “The outbreak had a big head start, still way ahead of us, and we’re playing catch-up,”; english.alarabiya.net: “had a big head start and [is] still way ahead of…

As published

5 pages captured at the time, in each outlet's own typography. Open one to read the copy held outside the publisher's control.

apnews.com as published: Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history, WHO chief saysapnews.com2026-08-13 14:08:52al.com as published: Congo’s Ebola outbreak on track to surpass deadliest in history, WHO chief saysal.com2026-08-13 14:08:52breakingnews.ie as published: DR Congo Ebola outbreak on track to surpass deadliest in history, says WHObreakingnews.ie2026-08-13 14:08:52english.alarabiya.net as published: Congo’s Ebola outbreak on track to surpass deadliest one in history: WHO chiefenglish.alarabiya.net2026-08-13 14:08:52euronews.com as published: Congo’s Ebola outbreak on track to surpass deadliest in history, WHO chief sayseuronews.com2026-08-13 14:08:52
Same storyLater: The World Health Organization warned on August 13, 2026 that the Ebola outbreak in easternLater: The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, declared on 15 May 2026, has surpaLater: The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached 5,021 confirmed cases aEach entry records what was published on its own date and is not edited afterwards.

What this entry found

  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    Total case count from the 2014-2016 West African outbreak

    • breakingnews.ie (more than 28,000)
    • english.alarabiya.net (not specified)
  • ONE SOURCE, MANY MASTHEADS

    5 outlets carried this. They resolve to 4 independent sources.

    A reader sampling these outlets received 4 accounts, not 5.

  • THE ANSWER, NOT THE QUESTION

    4 of 4 outlets print this response without the question it answered.

    • apnews.com: response only
    • breakingnews.ie: response only
    • english.alarabiya.net: response only
    • euronews.com: response only
  • ONLY ONE OUTLET HAD THIS

    english.alarabiya.net carried 3 details no other outlet reported.

    • Ebola has killed 15,000 people across Africa in the last 50 years, according to the BBC
    • The outbreak has spread to North and South Kivu provinces, areas largely controlled by the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group
    • The government says the health worker wage situation is 'being resolved'
5outlets→4independent
What happened, for context

The World Health Organization announced that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass the 2014-2016 West African outbreak—history's deadliest—if current transmission rates continue. The current outbreak, which killed over 2,000 people from more than 4,300 cases as of the reporting date, is spreading faster than containment efforts in a conflict-affected region with limited health infrastructure.

4 of 5 articles were readable. Headline only, no body text retrieved, for: al.com. Nothing below is drawn from those outlets beyond their headline.

Who reported it

  • apnews.comWIRE
    • al.comUNCLASSIFIED
    • euronews.comUNCLASSIFIED
    identical copy
  • breakingnews.ieUNCLASSIFIED
  • english.alarabiya.netUNCLASSIFIED

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated the Congo outbreak is on track to eclipse the 2014-2016 West African Ebola outbreak at its current paceapnews.com, breakingnews.ie, english.alarabiya.net, euronews.com
  • The 2014-2016 West African outbreak killed over 11,000 peopleapnews.com, breakingnews.ie, euronews.com
  • The current Congo outbreak has killed over 2,000 people out of more than 4,300 casesapnews.com, breakingnews.ie, english.alarabiya.net, euronews.com
  • The current outbreak was officially declared on May 15, but sequencing showed it began in Februaryapnews.com, breakingnews.ie, euronews.com
  • The outbreak is caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved vaccines or treatmentsapnews.com, breakingnews.ie, euronews.com
  • The outbreak is in eastern Congo near the borders with South Sudan, Uganda, and Rwandaapnews.com, breakingnews.ie, euronews.com
  • and 3 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

  • The 2014-2016 West African outbreak had at least 28,000 cases and took about eight months to reach 1,000 deathsonly euronews.com
  • Ebola has killed 15,000 people across Africa in the last 50 years, according to the BBConly english.alarabiya.net
  • The outbreak has spread to North and South Kivu provinces, areas largely controlled by the Rwandan-backed M23 armed grouponly english.alarabiya.net
  • The government says the health worker wage situation is 'being resolved'only english.alarabiya.net
  • Misinformation about the virus continues to circulate in communities where some are wary of outsiders, keeping some people from clinicsonly breakingnews.ie

Reported unevenly

  • Total case count from the 2014-2016 West African outbreakstated by breakingnews.ie (more than 28,000), english.alarabiya.net (not specified) · absent from apnews.com (not specified), euronews.com (at least 28,000)
  • Description of the 2014-2016 outbreak's duration and fatality timelinestated by euronews.com (eight months to reach 1,000 deaths) · absent from apnews.com, breakingnews.ie, english.alarabiya.net