Global political cartoons: October 17-23, 2009

Balloon boy made a lasting impression on cartoonists all over the world. It conjured images as familiar as a ballooning deficit and as unusual as the Afghan election being carried away in a balloon.

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US awaits Afghan election results

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President Obama has made Afghanistan one of his top national security priorities. And the new US strategy there will likely be affected by the kind of government that results from this election. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports.