By Michael Shaw — The expression of grief is so intense, I cannot forget it. At the same, however, I feel challenged looking at the photo as a westerner.

By Philip Perdue — The necklace stunt reminds us that guns, masculinity, and domination hang together as part of a hard right political style.

By Michael Shaw — The lie has been disproven. But what is missing from the bridge story is the role the US and USAID played in stoking this incident in the first place.

By Rian Dundon — A viral picture of singer R. Kelly gesticulating during an interview with CBS’s Gayle King is one of those sensational internet nuggets that feels tailor made for the cultural moment. Loaded with subtexts of gender, race, and media representation, it took less than a day for the photo to be dissected from every angle imaginable.

By Rian Dundon — Trump, Kim, Cohen. It’s been a great week for pictures that bring us close to the larger than life protagonists on the political stage.