News that Bermuda has rehoused four former Guantánamo Bay prisoners saw the Island hit the headlines across the world all week.

The left-leaning Guardian newspaper in the UK reported: "Britain is to review the legal basis of its relations with Bermuda following a transatlantic row over the resettlement of Guantánamo detainees on the Atlantic Island."

Meanwhile the right-leaning Daily Mail in the UK ran the headlines: "US accused of 'riding roughshod' over UK as Guantánamo detainees are sent to Bermuda in secret deal. But Washington insists deal was kept from London in an effort to protect UK's relationship with China. Bermudian opposition tables no confidence motion in Prime Minister as deal ignites political firestorm on the Island."

The Washington Post and other world papers ran a report from the Associated Press detailing Tuesday's protest march.

"Nearly 1,000 protesters demanded that Bermuda's Premier resign, saying he should have consulted with high-ranking officials before accepting four released Guantánamo inmates," it said.

However, some of the US papers took a lighter tone. A New York Post article reported: "Four Chinese Muslim Uighurs are adapting swimmingly to their new lives in Bermuda after leaving the Guantánamo Bay prison taking a dip in the ocean in the Island paradise they now call home. One ex-detainee, Salahidin Abdulahat, took his first-ever swim in the ocean and called it the happiest day of his life."

The New York Times adopted a similar slant, reporting: "Almost exactly seven years after arriving at Guantánamo in chains as accused enemy combatants, and four days after their surprise predawn flight to Bermuda, four Uighur Muslim men basked in their new-found freedom here, grateful for the handshakes many residents had offered and marveling at the serene beauty of this tidy, postcard Island."

Comics also lined up to poke fun. Jon Stewart of The Daily Show in the US expressed dismay that the four men are living in a guest house with a swimming pool in a satirical segment entitled Guantánamo Baywatch.

Bermuda's own Uzi Mon appeared from a burning mangrove bush to welcome the Uighurs and point out that "England is well vexed" with Dr. Brown over the matter.

Both video clips did the rounds on the YouTube and Facebook websites through the week.

Meanwhile a parody of a Bermuda Tourism advert appeared on the the Weekly Standard website. Entitled "Visit Uighurific Bermuda!" the advert featured a mock welcome to the Island from Premier Ewart Brown, urging the men to make themselves feel at home.