Paper Monitor
09:17 UK time, Tuesday, 9 April 2013
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
Never let it be said that "serious" newspapers are afraid to carry images of topless women when there's a "serious" reason for doing so.
The subject? International politics. Well, a visit to a trade fair in Hanover by Russian president Vladimir Putin and German chancellor Angela Merkel.
The two leaders are pictured as they are ambushed by protesters from the feminist group Femen, which has staged demonstrations on issues including Russia's detention of punk band Pussy Riot.
While Mrs Merkel's face gives little away as she surveys the slogans daubed on the naked torsos before her, Mr Putin appears frozen to the spot - somewhat goggle-eyed and apparently transfixed by the messages conveyed.
says the Daily Mail.
For the Guardian the demonstration is a test of new rules which threaten media outlets for - such as those it handily pictures painted on the front of one protester.
The Telegraph describes Mr Putin as "bemused-looking", adding that he later suggested "".
A stickler for detail, it also points out that five women were arrested - two Germans aged 18 and 22, one Russian aged 33 and two Ukrainians aged 24 and 26.
Meanwhile, The Times notes the advice given by a "grinning" Mr Putin to the protesters:
There is of course space in the other papers to carry the story, although the weighty issues highlighted by the protest are less apparent.
"I liked it," is the quote from Mr Putin in the Daily Star, Daily Express, Daily Mirror...
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