Editing Time (magazine) (section)

===X covers===
[[File:Time Magazine red X covers.jpg|thumb|Four of ''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 seven occasions, ''Time'' has released a special issue with a cover showing an X scrawled over the face of a man, a year, or a national symbol. The first ''Time'' magazine with an 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]].  A third red X issue was that of June 19, 2006, after [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] was killed,<ref>[https://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601060619,00.html June 19, 2006 issue of ''Time'' magazine], accessed Oct. 18, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://time.com/5917946/time-magazine-red-x-cover/ The History Behind TIME's Use of a Red 'X' on Its Cover], Olivia B. Waxman, Oct. 18, 2024, time.com, accessed Oct. 18, 2024.</ref> and a fourth red X cover issue was published on May 20, 2011, after the [[death of Osama bin Laden]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601110520,00.html May 20, 2011 issue of ''Time'' magazine], accessed Oct. 18, 2024.</ref>  A fifth red X cover issue, that of Dec. 14, 2020, had a red X scrawled over the pandemic-hit year [[2020]] and the declaration "the worst year ever".<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>[https://news.abplive.com/news/world/time-magazine-crosses-out-the-year-2020-in-red-know-the-history-behind-its-rare-red-cross-1409549 TIME Magazine Crosses Out The Year '2020' In Red; Know The History Behind Its Rare Red Cross], ABP News Bureau, ABP Live English, Dec. 11, 2020; accessed Oct. 18, 2024.</ref> {{As of|2024}}, the most recent and seventh X cover issue of ''Time'', that of Nov. 11, 2024, features a red X over the face of [[Yahya Sinwar]] following [[Killing of Yahya Sinwar|his killing]] by the [[Israel Defense Forces]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Vick |first1=Karl |title=The Death of Yahya Sinwar |url=https://time.com/7094298/yahya-sinwar-hamas-israel/ |magazine=TIME |access-date=18 October 2024 |language=en |date=18 October 2024}}</ref>