A nation mourns in black and white

Responding to an announcement from the State Council about the three days of official mourning for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake, all Chinese newspapers nationwide all are printed only using black ink on the front pages today. Most big Chinese websites including Sina, Sohu, TIanya and Tudou have also removed color from their logos and home pages.

Below are some examples:

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Beijing Youth Daily
“Praying and mourning”

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Oriental Express
“Mourning in silence”

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Beijing Tmes
“Mourning day” and the current death toll.

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Yangzi Evening Post
The character means “sorrow”.

Here is screen shot of several websites:

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Update: Blogger Hecaitou has a collage of even more front pages from 19 May.

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