The eyes of the world are on Derry for Lord Saville's final report.
Mark McFadden: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
For those who doubt that statement, consider this: between 450 and 500 representatives of international news providers have registered with the Bloody Sunday Inquiry Media Centre that's been created inside the Tower Museum.
For media watchers the build-up to the Saville report's launch has been a fascinating time.
As UTV's North West correspondent, Derry is my 'patch'. But in recent days I've been sharing my home territory with broadcasters from Russia, Nigeria, the United States, Japan and many other countries.
I've been surprised to see how far the Bloody Sunday story has travelled.
I have covered the Saville Inquiry since it began in 1998, but it never occurred to me that people in Africa or Asia were interested in events in a small city in the north west of Ireland.
The presence of so many foreign TV crews, newspapers reports and radio journalists emphasises the significance of Bloody Sunday.
It is an extraordinary event indeed when the armed forces of a modern European democratic state are used against its own citizens.
The world is watching. The world is learning.