Heavy at bottom,
cold with cold, squishy at top.
Not really that hard.

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She passes me notes
throughout the day that light up
my darkest hours.

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The surprise became
anticlimactic when the
big secret wasn’t.

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The men with guns keep
watch from looters, yet all that’s
left are bricks and boards.

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If people across the globe didn’t know much about Alabama before, they have an all-too-compelling glimpse of the state after tornadoes tore through the landscape April 27.

Take a look at nearly 40 newspaper front pages from around the world on April 29 featuring coverage of the natural disaster.

• Newspaper front pages from Alabama and across the United States
• Ways you can help with tornado aid

(An embeddable version is included at the end.)

Clarin (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

El Territorio (Posadas, Argentina)

La Nacion (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Vorarlberger Nachrichten (Vorarlberg, Austria)

Jornal de Jundiaí Regional (Jundiaí, Brazil)

A Tarde (Salvador da Bahia, Brazil)

Jornal da Cidade (Bauru, Brazil)

Folha de Londrina (Londrina, Brazil)

Folha de S. Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)

Gazeta do Povo (Curitiba, Brazil

O Estado de S. Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)

Corriere Canadese (Toronto, Canada)

Calgary Herald (Calgary, Canada)

El Colombiano (Medellin, Colombia)

La Patria (Manizales, Colombia)

Phileleftheros (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Lidove Noviny (Prague, Czech Republic)

Diario El Universo (Guayaquil, Ecuador)

La Prensa (San Pedro Sula, Honduras)

Waspada (Medan, Indonesia)

Haaretz – Hebrew Edition (Tel Aviv, Israel)

La Stampa (Torino, Italy)

Arab Times (Shuwaikh, Kuwait)

Al Watan Daily (Shuwaikh, Kuwait)

L’Orient Le Jour (Beirut, Lebanon)

La Voix du Luxembourg (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg)

Star (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

La Prensa (Panama City, Panama)

El Comercio (Lima, Peru)

El Dia Nuevo (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico)

The Chosun Ilbo (Seoul, South Korea)

The Segye Times (Seoul, South Korea)

Today’s Zaman (Istanbul, Turkey)

The National (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)

Stars and Stripes – European Edition (Kaiserslautern, Germany)

Stars and Stripes – Mideast Edition (Kabul, Afghanistan)

Stars and Stripes – Pacific Edition (Tokyo, Japan)

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• Ways you can help with tornado aid

Among the rubble
lies broken china, ruined
clothes, maybe some hope.

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Can’t say where it is,
but I know I’m going home.
That’s where the hurt is.

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The teen worker stoops
to spray-paint the asphalt with
the name of the road.

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A look at national newspapers, with nearly 300 front pages showing coverage of the April 27 tornadoes that rampaged across Alabama.

Both recent national championships by the Alabama and Auburn football teams received some front page attention, but the weather-related disaster dominated many papers across the United States in the 2 days following.

• Newspaper front pages from Alabama and around the world
• Ways you can help with tornado aid

(Embeddable slideshow versions are available on the last page.)

April 28

The Arizona Republic

Arkansas Democrat Gazette

The Fresno (Calif.) Bee

The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee

The Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain

The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal

The Washington Post

The Gainesville (Fla.) Sun

Northwest Florida Daily News

Panama City (Fla.) News Herald

St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times

The (Lakeland, Fla.) Ledger

The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune

The Villages (Fla.) Daily Sun

The Albany (Ga.) Herald

Savannah (Ga.) Morning News

The Indianapolis (Ind.) Star

The Garden City (Kan.) Telegram

The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle

The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal

The Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader

The Winchester (Ky.) Sun

The Cumberland (Md.) Times-News

The (Minneapolis, Minn.) Star Tribune

Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune

The Kansas City (Mo.) Star

The (Columbus, Miss.) Commercial Dispatch

(Biloxi, Miss.) Sun Herald

The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer

(Hendersonville, N.C.) Times-News

Norfolk (Neb.) Daily News

Cortland (N.Y.) Standard

The New York Times

The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch

The Marietta (Ohio) Times

Springfield (Ohio) News-Sun

The (Toledo, Ohio) Blade

(Corvallis, Ore.) Gazette-Times

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(Spartanburg, S.C.) Herald-Journal

The (Rock Hill, S.C.) Herald

The (Memphis, Tenn.) Commercial Appeal

The Johnson City (Tenn.) Press

Austin (Texas) American-Statesman

Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram

Houston (Texas) Chronicle

Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph

The Roanoke (Va.) Times

The Virginian-Pilot

The (Vancouver, Wash.) Columbian

The (Spokane, Wash.) Spokesman-Review

Milwaukee (Wis.) Journal Sentinel

Watertown (Wis.) Daily Times

USA Today

• Newspaper front pages from Alabama and around the world
• Ways you can help with tornado aid

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Head to the next page to see the April 29 front pages …

Navy Seals take out
Public Enemy No.
1. Justice at last.

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They came with shovels
and water, prepared for the
worst and found horror.

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A look at Alabama newspapers, with front pages showing coverage of the April 27 tornadoes that rampaged across the state.

• Newspaper front pages from across the United States and around the world
• Ways you can help with tornado aid

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April 28

The Anniston Star

The Birmingham News

Dothan Eagle

The (Florence) Times-Daily

The Gadsden Times

The Montgomery Advertiser

The (Mobile) Press-Register

Opelika-Auburn News

The Tuscaloosa News

April 29

The Anniston Star

The Birmingham News

Dothan Eagle

The (Florence) Times-Daily

The Gadsden Times

The Huntsville Times

The Montgomery Advertiser

The (Mobile) Press-Register

Opelika-Auburn News

The Tuscaloosa News

April 30

The Anniston Star

The Birmingham News

The Decatur Daily

Dothan Eagle

The (Florence) Times-Daily

The Gadsden Times

The Huntsville Times
(special double front page – click page to enlarge)

The Montgomery Advertiser

The (Mobile) Press-Register

Opelika-Auburn News

The Tuscaloosa News

Also:

• Tuscaloosa News photographer Dusty Compton’s tornado photo lands on the front pages of newspapers everywhere (a few examples).
• Newspaper front pages from across the United States and around the world
• Ways you can help with tornado aid

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Goodbye, April. You
were needlessly heartless and
ripped the earth apart.

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House after house, a
school here, a church there, toppled,
tossed, decimated.

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Cameras caught the herds
of twisters stampeding through
the defenseless towns.

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