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This cartoon by India’s Shankar Pillai appeared in a 1949 edition of Shankar’s Weekly, a humor and satire magazine published by Indian cartoonist. Today India’s education ministry agreed to pull it from a high school textbook. Find out why today on PRI’s The World.
Cartoonists React to Iranian Colleague Sentenced to a Flogging -
The case of an Iranian cartoonist being sentenced to 25 lashes for depicting a politician in a soccer jersey has provoked online activism among fellow cartoonists. Listen to me chat about the case of Mahmoud Shokraiyeh with The World’s Marco Werman. See the cartoon that started it all, and look at a selection of images that cartoonists have drawn in solidarity with Shokraiyeh.
President Obama’s expressed support for gay marriage inspires Swiss-Lebanese cartoonist Patrick Chappatte to imagine the impossible.
America is a big country and guess what: it’s getting bigger. A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects that by 2030, 42 percent of American adults will be obese, compared to 34 percent now, and 11 percent will be severely obese, compared to the current 6 percent. Cartoon by Manny Francisco of The Philippines.
Chinese activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng is the man of the hour as China and the United States try to resolve the crisis over his status. Just hours after leaving the US Embassy on May 2nd, Chen expressed concern over the deal the US officials had negotiated with Chinese authorities that would ensure his protection. Chen started talking to the media from his hospital bed and says he now wishes to leave China with his family and relocate in the United States. The situation remains fluid. Cartoon by Heng of Singapore
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Blind Chinese Activist Escapes House Arrest! -
Chinese cartoonist Crazy Crab (a pseudonym) compares the improbable escape of legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who is blind, to that of Andy Dufresne in the 1994 film “The Shawshank Redemption”. Chen Guangcheng reportedly slipped away from his well-guarded rural village on Sunday night and was driven away by activists who then transferred him to a secret location in Beijing.
![[The World Photo of the Week] “Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is a remote volcanic island in the South Pacific that is famous for its giant stone statues, called moai. This image comes from Rano Raraku, the quarry where ancient islanders carved the statues before transporting them (exactly how remains a mystery) to coastal villages, where they were erected on platforms and usually faced inland, away from the sea. The moai here are discards, left at the quarry because they were broken or had other imperfections.” - The World’s Health and Science Editor David Baron, March 2012.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2sgvoOTFV1qd3e8co1_500.jpg)
[The World Photo of the Week] “Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is a remote volcanic island in the South Pacific that is famous for its giant stone statues, called moai. This image comes from Rano Raraku, the quarry where ancient islanders carved the statues before transporting them (exactly how remains a mystery) to coastal villages, where they were erected on platforms and usually faced inland, away from the sea. The moai here are discards, left at the quarry because they were broken or had other imperfections.” - The World’s Health and Science Editor David Baron, March 2012.
British cartoonist Dave Brown’s take-off on ‘The Scream’ aptly depicts Anders Breivik, the Norwegian who has admitted gunning down children on a holiday island and detonating a car bomb in Oslo. He made his debut in court this week with a fascist style salute.
Canada’s Gary Clement on the scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents in Colombia - in advance of President Obama’s trip there.