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Editorial Cartoon
A giant fuel hose stretches across the sea and through the Strait of Hormuz, where two rocky headlands close on it like a clamp, kinking it as tankers sink at the pinch point. Far away, at the hose's nozzle, an ordinary driver watches a few drops trickle out while the pump's price counter spins wildly. The cartoon shows how a small stretch of water, used as a weapon, becomes a squeeze on every household's wallet.
+How this was made
The Hormuz attacks reach everyone: about a fifth of the world's oil and gas passes through one narrow strait, and squeezing it drives up the price of fuel worldwide, as Story 6's US inflation numbers show. Reports that the attacks are partly meant to keep oil prices high and sway an election add a sharp satirical angle. A chokepoint is also easy to draw in a way any reader understands without words.
The story was selected and the image prompt was written by AI. The cartoon image was generated by AI.