F1 Bahrain protests intensify, Violence spreads across Syria, Discovery Space Shuttle's last flight
Everyday on the CitizenTube channel (and @CitizenTube on Twitter), along with our curation partners @storyful, we look at how the top news stories are covered on YouTube. Each week we post a weekly recap of the top news stories of the week, as seen through the lens of both citizen-reported footage and professional news coverage.
- We monitored the worsening situation in Bahrain, as protests of increasing intensity were held in Manama and protesters were hit by tear gas.
- We watched the violence continue across Syria, as the head of the UN observer team described their mission as 'intractable'.
- We marked 100 days until the London Olympics by watching the British capital city prepare for the biggest sporting event on Earth.
- We witnessed a North Africa and the Middle East endure a week of turbulent weather.
- We followed the likely GOP presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, as he showed no signs of slowing down on the US campaign trail.
- We viewed NASA's space shuttle Discovery making its final journey, ferried atop a 747 from Florida to Washington DC.
- We observed a massive rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday against the candidacy of a Mubarak-era director of intelligence.
- We saw French presidential candidate François Hollande receive a boost in popularity as Nicolas Sarkozy was caught on camera slipping off his watch while shaking hands with supporters.
- We bade a sad farewell to Levon Helm, acclaimed drummer and singer with The Band who died this week aged 71, by remembering some of his classic performances.