Another Brian, the Rev. Brian Chapin, calls this collection of 174 newspaper front pages from 26 countries around the world “the coolest thing I’ve ever seen on the internet”. That may be an exaggeration, but it is a nice thing to be able to see.
You can’t actually read the text on these front pages, although of course you can read the headlines. The images aren’t detailed enough for that. But you can go from each front page to the website of each newspaper featured.
I’m not sure if the front pages that appear are updated each day. I’m guessing yes. Perhaps a commenter can clarify.
STOP PRESS: I went back, when checking that the link worked, and yes it is today’s front pages. The clue was in the title of the webpage, which, I now note, is: “Today’s Front Pages.” We Samizdatistas don’t miss a thing, do we? (Don’t answer that.)
http://www.freetranslation.com/index.htm
I often use this site for a quick basic translation purposes. Most often you can just copy and paste the text. I wish it included more languages but it helps in a pinch for a few.
Keep clicking and you get a larger image, click some more and you get a PDF that allows youto read the whole page. The URLs are here:
http://calpundit.blogspot.com/2003_01_01_calpundit_archive.html#87435624
Many of the PDF files are high-res and the text is very readable in them.
Yes, I’m sorry. I eventually spotted the bit that said: “Today’s Front Pages”, but I missed the bit where it said: if you want it even larger, click here.
The truth is I was so impressed I got quite carried away, and as a result didn’t fully appreciate how good it is.
Sorry. I’d love to be able to say that this sort of thing will never happen again, but a man’s got to know his limitations. Sometimes you only get what you pay for.