covers by country

A little while ago I posted about different covers in different markets. Then just recently I found an article in the Guardian that talked about the same topic (article here). So, I thought I would revisit the subject. Here's the Guardian's example of the UK & French covers:

And and three other recent popular titles I thought showed interesting variations:

Faced with the different covers, which would you choose?

Music: Girl Talk
Reading: 'The Desert Spear' by Peter V Brett
This is the second book in the series and it's turning out to be a good fantasy series, looking forward to the next one.