As news happens, political cartoonists around the globe take up their brush pen or pencil and come up with images and often a few choice words to comment on the events of the day. Each week, The World’s Carol Hills selects a group of cartoons that reflect on issues in the news. For cartoons prior to June 2009, please click here.
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Cartoons Against Bloodshed in Mexico
In recent months Mexicans have demanded that President Felipe Calderon change his strategy in the drug war and cartoonists have led the charge.
Cartoonist Critical of Syrian Regime Assaulted
As the Syrian government cracked-down on protesters, Ali Ferzat’s cartoons had been especially critical of the Assad regime.
Global Political Cartoons: Battle for Libya
Cartoonists around the world take on the subject of the recent events in Libya.
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Global Political Cartoons: Egyptian Cartoonist Doaa Eladl
Egyptian Doaa Eladl is a woman in what is still a man’s world: political cartooning. She’s one of just a handful of female political cartoonists in the Middle East.
Global Political Cartoons: Malaysian Cartoonist Zunar
The cartoonist has challenged the Malaysian government for more than 30 years through his publications.
Global Political Cartoons: Libyan Rebel Street Art
In rebel-held eastern Libya, artists have have been creating street art that mocks Gaddafi.
Manga Artist’s First Foray into English
The “manga” legend has published one of his stories from World War II for the first time in English.
Palestinian Cartoonist Accused of Anti-Semitism
Cartoonist Majed Badra was uninvited days before he was supposed to fly to Washington
Rasheed Kappan and Political Cartoons from India
Political cartoons from Bangalore, the city at the heart of India’s IT boom.
Slideshow: Latest Global Political Cartoons
The E. coli outbreak: when a cucumber is no longer just a cucumber; what Moammar Gaddafi and FIFA head Sepp Blatter share in common, and Syria’s best known opthalmologist continues his bloody crackdown on dissent.
Global Political Cartoons: May 28 – June 3, 2011
Suicide bomber belts made of cucumbers; after 16 years, Serbian authorities “find” war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic in his cousin’s house. And in the age of Facebook, a dog ponders what it means to be man’s best friend.
Global Political Cartoons: May 21 – 26, 2011
President Obama’s meeting with Queen Elizabeth goes a lot better than his meeting with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu. Syrian President Bashar Assad continues to turn Arab Spring into a cold and deadly winter. And a clever response to the failed prediction of the rapture: “Well it’s not the end of the world!”
Global Political Cartoons: Dominique Strauss-Kahn
The case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the now former head of the IMF. The charges against him are serious — sexually assaulting a woman who worked as a maid at the New York hotel where he was staying. The visual response by cartoonists around the globe include pigs, King Kong, Tarzan and a man with his pants down.
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Global Political Cartoons: May 7 – 13, 2011
President Obama gets a boost from Osama….his death, anyway. The human rights violations of a (now withdrawn) candidate for the UN Human Rights Commission: Syria. Lady Liberty gets frisked, South Africa’s ongoing toilet wars, and The Donald….Duck
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