President Obama tries for a love-fest during his visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, there’s been range of comments about the United States and guns by cartoonists and illustrators around the globe. Here’s a selection of them.

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This looks like one cartoon but it’s actually two. Click on it and you’ll see each one separately. They’re both by Canada’s Gary Clement and both comment on two issues roiling the Middle East at the moment.

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Cartoonists react to last Thursday’s power grab by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.

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There’s nothing remotely funny about the violence between Israel and militants in Gaza. As of this posting, 147 Palestinians and five Israelis have been killed. So who is to blame and what are the prospects for peace? Well, it turns out political cartoonists disagree about as much as the Israeli government and Hamas.

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More global cartoon reax to Obama’s winning a second term.

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