"The world’s interest in all things United States is showing Tuesday in foreign media and social media coverage of Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the East Coast. Those cross-cultural datapoints are anecdotal, of course, but still reveal a small degree of how America is interpreted abroad and of the people doing that interpreting ... So far, the major trends seem to be concern for Americans’ safety, fake photos going viral on social media, and lots of jokes. In other words, not so different from within the United States. But it’s the little differences that stand out." (Quoted from article)