Numbers

MINES

181

Number of Chinese coal miners trapped underground in the coastal province of Shandong since Aug. 17, when a burst river dike flooded two shafts

2,163

Number of people killed in Chinese mines so far this year

DARFUR

400,000

Estimated number of deaths since 2003 in Darfur, according to Save Darfur, a figure challenged by the European-Sudanese Public Affairs Council, a group that supports Sudan's ruling government and says inflated figures are used to justify Western intervention

9,000

Estimated number of recent deaths, according to an official government tally in Sudan, a widely contested figure. A 26,000-member U.N. and African Union peacekeeping force is expected to deploy to Darfur by the end of the year

COFFEE

$41.67

Cost of a cup of Kopi Luwak coffee at Australia's Heritage Tea Rooms. Brewed from beans handpicked out of civet-cat droppings, it is reputedly the world's rarest and most expensive coffee

660

Weight in pounds (300 kg) of the estimated global production of Kopi Luwak each year

HIV

650,000

Estimated number of people in China who are HIV positive. According to China's state media, unsafe sex has overtaken intravenous drug use as the main means of transmitting the disease

10%

Percentage of sexually active Chinese men who report having bought sex from a prostitute

Sources: Reuters (2); Save Darfur; BBC; Reuters; Times of London; China Daily; BBC