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World Cup & Thailand cave rescue: Try not to shed a tear with these moving cartoons (photos)

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Cartoonists often convey the essence of a piece of news in a much more accurate and concise manner than any amount of words could in an article. Over the past days, the whole globe has been gripped by two major events playing out concurrently and in a perverse way associated to each other.

The one is, of course, the World Cup in Russia and the other the efforts by rescue teams from all over the world to dave a football team of young boys trapped in a cave in Thailand.

Cartoonist Chris Roy Taylor drew a cartoon for the Herald Sun depicting a rescue diver emerging from the water in the cave where the boys are trapped. The diver presents them with the World Cup trophy.

The cartoon is captioned “THE WORLD HAS JUST FOUND ITS MOST INSPIRING AND COURAGEOUS FOOTBALL TEAM”, with the creator commenting in his tweet “I know which football team deserves the trophy”. How true he is. Here are a number of other moving and inspiring cartoons that cover the topic.

 

I know which Football team deserves the trophy #WorldCup #ThailandCaveRescue #Cartoon: @theheraldsun #FIFA #WorldCup2018 #WorldCupRussia2018 #Thailand #ThailandCave #ThamLuang #ThailandCaveSearch #Football @procartoonists @cartoonmovement @IlloRoom pic.twitter.com/nFiXuegaS5

— Chris ‘ROY’ Taylor (@chrisroytaylor) July 4, 2018

Not all superheroes wear capes; some wear scuba tanks..? #ThaiCaveRescue pic.twitter.com/k3DTyKuWKJ

— Good heart bad mouth ?? (@Drehkz) July 8, 2018

We’re all with you❤#ThaiCaveRescue pic.twitter.com/AfWcKrmJAC

— َ (@Nawayeri) July 8, 2018

Yes you are! Praying so hard for the boys, their rescuers, and families. #ThailandCaveRescue #ThaiCaveRescue pic.twitter.com/Zv5CgCDgS7

— Nichole Pie (@monicapi1984) July 8, 2018

#ThaiCaveRescue stay strong boyzzzzz ? pic.twitter.com/ddcHVs76aO

— BaskinRobbins (@Lilly__noir) July 8, 2018

Narongsak Osottanakorn, who has been leading the #ThaiCaveRescue operation, confirmed that 18 divers had gone in to get the boys.

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“This is D-Day,” he said. “The boys are ready to face any challenges.”#พาทีมหมูป่ากลับบ้าน #ถ้ำหลวง #hoping ? #GodSpeedhttps://t.co/mDt2YaxJei pic.twitter.com/NzO7dJQiV1

— ??Curtis S. Chin (@CurtisSChin) July 8, 2018

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