The world this week
The weekly cartoon
January 15, 2026
Dig deeper into the stories behind this week’s cartoon:
What the collapse of Iran’s regime would mean
Bereft of legitimacy, the reeling regime in Iran massacres its own people
How Iran’s regime has hidden its brutal crackdown
Bereft of legitimacy, the reeling regime in Iran massacres its own people
How Iran’s regime has hidden its brutal crackdown
The editorial cartoon appears weekly in The Economist. You can see last week’s here.