Here are some other ones highlighting the same trend

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601070402,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601100920,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601090406,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601081103,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601090928,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601110808,00.html

I fail to see what is supposed to be interesting about this. Generally the cover story from those other editions is in the US editition, it just doesn't get the cover.

If you examine the contents of each edition, you'll see the US edition has the most stories, so it makes sense that it might have a different cover on occasion.

http://thedailywh.at/2011/11/25/one-of-these-things-is-not-l...

This is why I have anxiety!