


Which countries have appeared most on Le Monde's front page, and when?
In GraphsThe newspaper's 24,856 front pages since 1944 to 2024 retrace the last eight decades of major upheavals around the world.
For the past 10 years, the Les Décodeurs team at Le Monde has covered the news through data, maps and graphs. For Le Monde's 80th anniversary, we delved into the depths of its archives and all the 24,856 print editions, with the invaluable assistance of the editorial IT department. We asked ourselves: Which countries have appeared most on Le Monde's front pages since 1944, and when?
Each flag in our visualization represents the country that most often made Le Monde's front page, month-by-month for the past 80 years. The result is a reflection of eight decades of historical events, ranging from conflicts to popular uprisings and international politics, which Le Monde has chronicled daily.