Papier-mâché

Grotesque, crude and clearly insulting, the puppets are designed to grab attention and burst despotic bubbles. Meanwhile, Central European populists serving Moscow and Beijing's interests, like Czech President Milos Zeman and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, metamorphosise into giant slugs eating the lettuce leaf of democracy.

Carnival season is in full swing across much of the world, from Rio to New Orleans, from Venice to Düsseldorf and in numerous destinations throughout the western hemisphere.
As you would expect, the resurgent Greek bailout and debt crisis couldn’t go unnoticed by ingenious float creators.