These days, we always seem to be surrounded by bad news. The conflict in Israel. Mass shootings across the country. A political system that never seems to work. 

Several of our most popular cartoons this week centered around that theme, including Chris Weyant’s touching piece about a father reading at night to her daughter. If only we could all just live happily ever after.

Here are our top ten most reprinted cartoons of the week:

#1. Chris Weyant

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#2. Dave Whamond

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#3. Dave Whamond

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#4. Daryl Cagle

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#5. Dave Whamond

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#6. Dick Wright

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#7. John Darkow

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#8. Jeff Koterba

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#9. Dave Granlund

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#10. John Darkow

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Daryl Cagle is the publisher of Cagle.com and owner of Cagle Cartoons, Inc, a syndicate that distributes editorial cartoons and columns to over 700 newspapers. See Daryl’s blog at: DarylCagle.com. See all of the cartoons at Cagle.com.