Time (magazine) Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Red X covers=== [[File:Time Magazine red X covers.jpg|thumb|''Time''{{'s}} red X covers, including (left to right), [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Saddam Hussein]], [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]], and [[Osama bin Laden]]]] During its history, on six occasions, ''Time'' has released a special issue with a cover showing an X scrawled over the face of a man or a national symbol. The first ''Time'' magazine with a red X cover was released on May 7, 1945, showing a red X over [[Adolf Hitler]]'s face which was published the week following [[Death of Adolf Hitler|his death]]. The second X cover was released more than three months later on August 20, 1945, with a black X (to date, the magazine's only such use of a black X) covering the [[flag of Japan]], representing the recent [[surrender of Japan]] and which signaled the end of [[World War II]]. Fifty-eight years later, on April 21, 2003, ''Time'' released another issue with a red X over [[Saddam Hussein]]'s face, two weeks after the start of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Invasion of Iraq]]. On June 13, 2006, ''Time'' printed a red X cover issue following the death of [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] in a U.S. airstrike in [[Iraq]]. The second most recent red X cover issue of ''Time'' was published on May 2, 2011, after the [[death of Osama bin Laden]].<ref name="redxcovers">{{cite web| date=May 2, 2011| title=A Brief History of Time Magazine's 'X' Covers| first=Ray| last=Gustini| url=http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2011/05/brief-history-time-magazine-red-x-covers/37269/| magazine=[[The Atlantic|The Wire]]| access-date=August 15, 2014| archive-date=June 23, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623234923/http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2011/05/brief-history-time-magazine-red-x-covers/37269/| url-status=dead}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, the most recent red X cover issue of ''Time'' features a red X scrawled over the pandemic-hit year 2020 and the declaration "the worst year ever".<ref>{{cite news| last =Waxman| first=Olivia A.| date=December 5, 2020| title=The History Behind Time's Use of a Red 'X' on Its Cover| url=https://time.com/5917946/time-magazine-red-x-cover/| magazine=Time| access-date=December 8, 2020| archive-date=December 8, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208010102/https://time.com/5917946/time-magazine-red-x-cover/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Ritschel| first=Chelsea| date=December 8, 2020| title=Time Declares 2020 'the Worst Year Ever' On Its Latest Cover| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/time-2020-worst-year-ever-red-x-cover-b1767562.html| work=[[The Independent]]| location=London| access-date=December 8, 2020| archive-date=December 7, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207191710/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/time-2020-worst-year-ever-red-x-cover-b1767562.html| url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page