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How the world reported Bin Laden's death

The demise of a tyrant

How the world reported Bin Laden's death

Osama Bin Laden’s death has understandably been front page news across the world. How that news has been reported, mind, varies from country to country and even publication to publication.

Some has been measured, others verging on the hysterical. Time magazine has recreated the cover it used to mark Adolf Hitler’s demise in 1945, while The Sun’s subs have earned their crust once more.

Have a look at the gallery below and see what you think.

Osama Bin Laden - New York Daily News


Osama Bin Laden - Time

See this alongside TIME's Hitler cover in May 1945


Osama Bin Laden - The Sun


Osama Bin Laden - St Petersburg Times


Osama Bin Laden - The Charlotte Observer


Osama Bin Laden - Fort Worth Star Telegram


Osama Bin Laden - The Times


Osama Bin Laden - El Porvenir


Osama Bin Laden - Las Ultimas Noticias


Osama Bin Laden - The Daily Telegraph


Osama Bin Laden - Le Journal Montreal


Osama Bin Laden - The Guardian


Osama Bin Laden - The Salt Lake Tribune


Osama Bin Laden - The Miami Herald


Osama Bin Laden - The Independent


Osama Bin Laden - Daily Mail


Osama Bin Laden - The San Francisco Examiner


Osama Bin Laden - Metro


Osama Bin Laden - Philadelphia Daily News


Osama Bin Laden - Albuquerque Journal