Syria violence, SpaceX Landing, Second Earthquake Strikes Italy
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 were shocked at the deaths of dozens of children and hundreds overall during a week of horrific violence in Syria. (Warning: Scenes of an extremely graphic nature)
- We saw millions across America commemorate Memorial Day by honoring those who died in service to their country.
- We viewed the successful return of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to Earth, ending a 9-day voyage to the ISS with a splashdown in the Pacific.
- We were saddened at yet more deaths in Italy, as a second earthquake rocked the North East of the country, killing 15, just days after a first earthquake hit.
- We followed the presidential candidates on the US campaign trail as Mitt Romney finally officially clinched the Republican nomination by reaching the magic number of 1,144 delegates.
- We watched thousands of fans descend on Monte Carlo for the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix.
- We observed the staging of colorful "slutwalks" across Brazil as thousands of women participated to promote LGBT equality.
- We witnessed a fire in a Doha shopping mall claim the lives of 19, including 13 toddlers.
- Finally, we saw Twilight stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart cause a stir in Cannes as they attended film screenings together.