By The Sun has faced considerable criticism for its front page following the murder of two journalists in Virginia during a live TV report.
WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot dead while Parker interviewed local Chamber of Commerce head Vicki Gardner, who was injured in the incident and is now in a stable condition.
The station's live video of the shooting circulated online soon after the incident.
Suspect Vester Lee Flanagan II, who went by the name Bryce Williams on air, later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was located by authorities.
The @bryce_williams7 Twitter account run by Flanagan posted first-person video of the shooting, before it was suspended by Twitter.
It appears as though The Sun's cover image is a still from the footage taken by Flanagan as he committed the murders.
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Here's tomorrow's front page pic.twitter.com/osWq4yWNHv
ā The Sun (@TheSun) August 26, 2015
Many on social media have speculated that the newspaper has digitally added a "muzzle flash" to the image.
The Sun's official Twitter feed posted the front page at 10.14pm last night (August 26), and was followed by a uniformly negative response from those on the platform.
"Scum", "Have some respect" and "You're an absolute f**king disgrace to journalism" were among the initial responses.
Others asked: "Would they have treated it so lightly if it were their journalists?"
The Daily Star's splash featured the same image as The Sun.
How Alison Parker & Adam Ward should be remembered instead of the horrific video [via New York Daily News] pic.twitter.com/KoNjJOqr7k
ā Shawn Reynolds (@ShawnRTV6) August 26, 2015
Other UK newspapers whose front page featured a still image from the WDBJ7 footage as the shooting took place included the Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Times and The Mirror.
British newspapers who splashed with the story but elected not to show the controversial image on their front pages included The Guardian, i and the Daily Express.
These publications instead used the selfie taken by Parker and Ward from the New York Daily News posted to twitter by Shawn Reynolds.
