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 Robert Michael/dpa/ZUMARobert Michael/dpa/ZUMA

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.

Inversion

Inversion
Inversion

Internazionale

Internazionale
Internazionale

The Economist

The Economist
The Economist

Milliyet

Milliyet

ABC

ABC

The Guardian Weekly

The Guardian Weekly
The Guardian Weekly

Nea Kriti

Nea Kriti
Nea Kriti

South Africa Sunday Times

South Africa Sunday Times
Sunday Times (South Africa)

The New Statesman

The New Statesman
The New Statesman

Financial Mail

Financial Mail
Financial Mail

Joong-ang Ilbo

Joong-ang Ilbo
Joong-ang Ilbo

The Japan News

The Japan News
The Japan News

The Week

The Week
The Week

Suddeutsche Zeitung

Suddeutsche Zeitung
– Suddeutsche Zeitung

New York Post

New York Post
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