The absurdity of two warring nations declaring competing, non-overlapping ceasefires — each on their own terms, neither recognizing the other's — is a perfect editorial cartoon scenario. It's internationally legible, deeply ironic, and lends itself to a single powerful visual metaphor. The Iran-Hormuz stories, while important, are complex multi-actor situations harder to distill into one minimal image.

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