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The American Society of Magazine Editors has released its list of the top 40 magazine covers over the last 40 years. Rolling Stone magazine took the top honors for its John and Yoko cover of 1981, followed up by Vanity Fair's naked and very pregnant Demi Moore in at number two. The third place finisher was a 1968 Esquire cover that featured Muhammad Ali with six arrows covering his body.

You can check out the rest of the list here, including a synopsis of each issue.

But if a picture is worth a thousand words, then the Economist certainly told a story with it's 1994 cover story on corporate mergers, a cover photo that earned it number 16 on the list.

Here via a portal at the Tyee is your picture of the day!