Royals, Massacres and the Korea Dance: Our Visual Roundup of the Week

All that glitters is not sold. Thoughtful @AP pic of #SouthKorean soldiers at border through reunification ribbons. Not only an elegant commentary on a deeply complex North Korea situation, also informs White House inability to handle ambiguity, nuance. #DiplomacySOS pic.twitter.com/FWkPir8stT

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 23, 2018

“Something old and something new” was the theme of the visual week. The royal wedding counted as both–and sadly, so did the latest school massacre. The schizophrenia surrounding a Trump-Kim Jong Un summit was nothing new. (It’s on, it’s off; either way, it’s off the cuff.) Otherwise, you can look at most of these stories as more distraction from the growing sinkhole of corruption enveloping Trump and the White House.

Split screen of the day. So much for the mutual (not to mention, self) admiration society. @AP #summitbuzz18 #NoNobel https://t.co/gkAriKRrKJ pic.twitter.com/44ZMh3GGpV

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 24, 2018

Credit @andyharnik with a signature picture of #ScottPruitt—and increasingly, the broader administration. Snapped after testifying to Congress about a stink pile of @EPA ethics violations, meet the confidence man. #FollowTheMoney@AP_Images pic.twitter.com/nwoSeVmZcv

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 17, 2018

Such a clever photograph by @dougmillsnyt accompanying otherwise benign #JaredKushner article. As deluge of corruption disclosures frame a @WhiteHouse and First Family as morally bankrupt, even the paintings are finger pointing. #NotNormal https://t.co/PQelJe85ZD pic.twitter.com/qnQN1wQqJ4

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 24, 2018

This week I’ve been observing a sinkhole on the @WhiteHouse North Lawn, just outside the press briefing room, growing larger by the day. pic.twitter.com/BsFUtxFqpB

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 22, 2018

You can’t make this stuff up. Quite the accompaniment to the latest @NewYorker cover. https://t.co/gixWpN9pTy https://t.co/I2O02sigyU

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 22, 2018

This vigil pic from #SantaFeHighSchool massacre has been circulating widely. Perhaps for the irony of cowboy nature. 📷 @GalvestonNews via @AP_Images #SchoolShootings #gunviolence pic.twitter.com/WyN15y7Y6z

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 20, 2018

Wary eye for the media. #SantaFeHighShooting @AP_Images pic.twitter.com/vuQDirXV3q

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 20, 2018

Some of the most painful #SantaFeHighSchool massacre pix tie back to student participation in recent #MarchForOurLives protest. In this vigil photo, notice the wristband. @galvestondaily #gunviolence pic.twitter.com/fPeUT5Sm7u

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 20, 2018

Even elevating pastel. 📷Jane Barlow #RoyalWedding pic.twitter.com/2H3DgxJcVa

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 19, 2018

A more literal riff on “that was then, this is now.” @reuterspictures #QueenVictoria statue. #RoyalWedding pic.twitter.com/XuHkWC9E7R

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 19, 2018

The coaches await. 📷@cmcgrath_photo #RoyalWedding #appealtopopulism pic.twitter.com/ZyqLlrxtws

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 19, 2018

Props to @hlswift_ for a shot with real perp-ness. Many others we’ve seen, with Harvey crossing the street full of looky-loos, his arm full of books, make it seem like he’s off to his summer reading. #Weinstein #TimesUp pic.twitter.com/7P0DyQUfEW

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 25, 2018

Do rags next? #NFLAnthemPolicy pic.twitter.com/EdFJxFOqMy

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 24, 2018

Latest version of “fiddling while Rome burns.” Aloha! @mario_tama @gettyimages#KilaueaVolcano pic.twitter.com/yoqNS7lCuA

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) May 18, 2018

Photo: Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo, File. Caption: In this Wednesday, May 16, 2018, file photo, South Korean army soldiers stand guard inside a military guard post as ribbons hanging on a wire fence wishing for the reunification of the two Koreas at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju near the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. North Korea on Wednesday canceled a high-level meeting with South Korea and threatened to scrap a historic summit next month between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over military exercises between Seoul and Washington that Pyongyang has long claimed are invasion rehearsals.