The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.
The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
Peter Brookes cartoon in The Times pokes fun at US President Donald Trump’s double standards. While the President complains that the ‘Trump Baby’ balloon being used by protestors during his foreign working visits is disrespectful of his position as a leader, he also went on record last week to say that British PM Theresa May “wrecked Brexit” and the US deal was off.
With the FIFA World Cup final slotted for Sunday night, Jon Adams for the New Yorker highlights the tendency of footballers to become theatrical on the field, thereby providing fodder for memes on the internet.
Carrying the football fever forward, Pat Chappatte in the New York Times contextualises Germany’s current crises of governance. Even as the country battles political instability and corruption, news on the world cup, including their defeat in the group stages, continues to take centrestage.
Reem Khurshid in Dawn sheds light on the aggressive war on the freedom of press currently taking place in Pakistan. “Beam me up to the censor ship,” Kurshid writes on Twitter.
Sandeep Adhwaryu’s cartoon in Times of India shows the hypocrisy of religious institutions that claim to be the upholders of morality. Five priests were suspended by the Malankara Orthodox Church in Kerala over allegations that they sexually abused a woman and then used her confessions to blackmail her into silence.
It is World Snake Day on the 16th of July. Rohan Chakravarty’s cartoon in the Sunday edition of Mid-Day carries life lessons from various snakes.
