Jon Stewart shakes his head over the selfie that's rocking the Middle East

The Middle East and pictures are having a rough few weeks together, Jon Stewart said on Monday night's Daily Show. First, Islamist gunmen in France murdered 12 people at a newspaper over a cartoon of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, then a Jewish ultra-orthodox newspaper photoshopped out all the women (including Germany's chancellor and the Paris mayor) from a photo of world leaders protesting that act of violence.

So Stewart started a new game, "What Picture is Upsetting the Middle East This Week?" Sadly, he already has a candidate, and it involves Lebanon, Donald Trump, and a selfie snapped by Miss Israel. Watch below. —Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.