<p>The Kingston-based Jamaican Observer came out swinging, declaring it "ANARCHY!" Australia's <em>Daily Telegraph </em>quipped it was a "Capitol Offence", while the Brazilian daily <em>O Estado de São Paulo </em>described an "Attack on Democracy." </p><p>The Arabic-language broadsheet <em>Al-Sharq al-Awsat, </em>meanwhile, declared America's image "shaken" by an "invasion of the Congress", and Croatia's <em>Večernji List</em> went all the way, announcing: "Trump supporters attempt coup."</p><p>Leave it to the German tabloid <em>Hamburger Morgenpost, </em>of course, to slap "SHAME!" over a picture of "Q Shaman", a prominent <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-qanon-shaman-riot-20210107-ve6ibpxtsrh4ddmu3frab2fp6i-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pro-Trump Qanon conspiracy theorist</a> who showed up at the Capitol in his usual buffalo-horned headdress. </p><p>Common to all of these headlines, and others around the world, was a sense of urgent disbelief — perhaps tinged for some with a sense of <em>schadenfreude</em> — that these scenes of overt political violence were now happening in Washington. </p><p>In the coming days, we'll take a deeper look at the global implications for US foreign policy, as well as democracy and rule of law around the world. How was it covered where you live? Let us <a href="mailto:signal@eurasiagroup.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">know</a>.</p>(Big shout to <a href="http://newseum.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Newseum.org</a>, by the way, where we found several of these international front pages. Their Today's Front Pages feature is always worth a peek.)
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