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This French newspaper came up with the best front pages after 2016's two biggest news events

Demonstrators in Chicago, Illinois.
Demonstrators in Chicago, Illinois.
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After the UK voted to leave the EU, French publication Libération responded with this front page:

The front page of Lib\u00e9ration after Britain voted to leave the EUThe front page of Libération after Britain voted to leave the EU

It did a pretty good job at summing up the exasperation people felt at how the EU referendum was handled, and how it made Britain appear to the rest of the world.

Now America has voted for Donald Trump as its 45th president, and Libération was hardly going to hold back.

First it published this special edition, after the poll results showed that, in that biggest shock of America's electoral history, the controversial Republican candidate had been elected president.

Swiftly followed by this:

Says it all, really.

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