THE WEEK IN PICTURES: SMILING THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE EDITION

The 25th anniversary of 9/11, and the ongoing controversy over the Lindsay Clancy mistrial, do not offer much direct humor, but mordant commentary is still deserving. Let’s start with 9/11, or better yet 9/12. What would you have thought on the day after if someone predicted that the next president would bear the middle name “Hussein,” and that on the 25th anniversary the mayor of NY City would be a radical muslim, and that the Taliban would hold a military parade in Aghanistan featuring billions worth of U.S. military equipment? You’d think the person making such predictions should be handed...