Omicron Extra! 16 Magazine Covers And Front Pages Around The World

The ominous Omicron COVID-19 variant has made a splash on international dailies and weeklies alike.

Photo of a man wearing a black COVID-19 protective mask inside a newsstand, surrounded by dozens of newspapers and magazines, in Budapest, Hungary.

Wearing a COVID-19 protective mask in a news kiosk in Budapest, Hungary

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It's been another week dominated by an invisible virus. The news last Friday of a "variant of concern" identified by South African health care officials set off a new round of travel restrictions, global health policy criticism and vaccine debates as COVID-19 once again dominated news headlines and dinner conversations around the world.

Though the full impact of the Omicron variant must still be determined by ongoing scientific studies, the world was once again joined in a collective moment of anxiety and uncertainty a full two years after the first mentions of a novel coronavirus discovered in China began to appear in the world's news outlets. And now...?

This week, we've collected a handful of the notable newspaper front pages and magazine covers devoted to the arrival of Omicron.