[androidb]

Very well written article, but does anyone else think that the cartoonish image advertisements don't really fit well with the purpose of the article?

The photo of an aid worker removing the body of a dead woman also looks surreal...

[anigbrowl]

It's a New Yorker thing - they've had whimsical cartoons mixed with serious reportage in their printed editions for decades, if not over a century. It is odd but I suspect it gets people to read more articles than they otherwise might.

[goatforce5]

The cartoons are a big part of the New Yorker:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker#Cartoons