The Sun is firmly in the human-interest school. Tom Newton Dunn's picture-caption style intro begins: 'DAVID Cameron gives pregnant wife Samatha a loving pat on her baby bump as they enter 10 Downing Street last night...'Photograph: The SunSun readers in Scotland are given a slightly less partisan main headline - and a secondary picture of the BrownsPhotograph: The SunThe Daily Mail, too, goes for the pat on the bump, in an unusually picture-led front page. The story at the bottom has expanded, however, for this third editionPhotograph: Daily Mail
The Daily Telegraph goes for the broadsheet 'new prime minister waving' approach, but indulges in what may be the largest front-page headline type it has ever usedPhotograph: Daily TelegraphThe Guardian goes with the wave...Photograph: The Guardian...and, in later editions after the Lib Dems had formalised their coalition role, becomes the only paper to put Nick Clegg in its main headlinePhotograph: The GuardianThe Daily Express goes for a compromise position - waving, pregnancy punPhotograph: Daily ExpressThe Times, on the other hand, goes for both pregnancy picture and punPhotograph: The TimesThe Independent has a wave and a spin on Cameron's 'broken Britain' sloganPhotograph: The IndependentThe FT, using a much wider and less punchy photograph than its rivals, betrays just a hint of impatience in its headlinePhotograph: Financial TimesLike the Guardian, it changed the headline on later editions to reflect the coalition agreementPhotograph: Financial TimesThe Daily Star is the only paper with neither bump nor wave, just a relieved headline referring back to yesterday's 'SORT IT OUT YOU CLOWNS'Photograph: Daily StarThe Daily Mirror, loyal to the last, gives the departing Browns pride of placePhotograph: Daily MirrorCameron won the picture slot and the lead story (that right-hand single column) in the New York TimesPhotograph: New York TimesThe embrace also charmed Spain's El PaisPhotograph: El PaisCameron was also big news in Canada's national papers - the Globe and Mail as well as the National Post, pictured - but they had a more spectacular photograph on offerPhotograph: National Post
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