Cartoonists mourn the death of journalist Shujaat Bukhari, and FIFA fever

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.

Many cartoonists paid tribute to Kashmiri journalist Shujaat Bukhari after he was murdered Thursday evening. Alok Nirantar suggests that though Bukhari, Gauri Lankesh, Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare, and M.M. Kalburgi have been killed, the power of thoughts continues to stand strong.

Sajith Kumar suggests that with the killing of Shujaat Bukhari, terrorism is once again eclipsing life in Kashmir.

In FirstPost, Manjul seeks to depict that the murder of the Rising Kashmir editor is really an assault on journalism.

Hemant Morparia has a witty take on Narendra Modi’s much-shared fitness video, which showed him performing stretching exercises on a rock as part of his regimen.

Gokul Gopalakrishnan, in Asian Age, seeks to show the one rock that leaves PM Modi bewildered.

Amal Chakrabarti, in Sangbad Pratidin, illustrates the football mania that has taken over Kolkata with the start of the FIFA World Cup 2018.

In The Hindu, Surendra takes a jibe at the ongoing standoff between Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and lieutenant governor Anil Baijal.