LE MONDE is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It was founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry at the request of Charles de Gaulle (as Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic) on 19 December 1944, shortly after the Liberation of Paris, and published continuously since its first edition.
It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website since 19 December 1995, and is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with LIBÉRATION, and LE FIGARO.
Below are front covers and supplements to the newspaper:
 LE MONDE DE LA MUSIQUE July-August 1978, 1/2 page |
 ADEN #205, 15 April 2002, 1/2 page |
 LE MONDE DES LIVRES, 6 May 2005 |
 5 December 2007 |
 28 April 2009 |
 21 October 2023 M LE MAGAZINE |
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