From a news perspective, this week has been full of shocking images. Not only the trains reduced to scrap metal in Adamuz and Gelida, but also the ludicrous photograph of the Royal Household with the monarchs, politicians, and the Civil Guard standing before the wrecked train in Andalusia, like a Goya painting—a combination of horror and frivolity that surpasses any imaginable manipulation. Another image that has also caused consternation is that of the Five-year-old boy detained by ICE agents in MinnesotaWhat was striking was that we could see the child's face. Under European and Spanish law, minors must be protected. They must not be identifiable, nor can their image persist in the digital realm. The child's rights take precedence over the right to information. The child's specific face was not necessary to report the facts. The shocking aspect of the news lies in the fact that it involves a child, not in that it is that particular child.

We're returning from a long weekend, on the cusp of social obligations and Christmas shopping, and today you'll hear that polls indicate PP voters value the president of Madrid, Díaz Ayuso, more than the party president, Núñez Feijóo. But while daily life dictates their immediate agenda, the underlying current is very strong, so strong that it's already shaping the immediate agenda. We are witnessing a changing of the guard. Just read the news story that opens our front page today:

The Vox spokesperson for the flourishing demographic emergency and social policies portfolio, Rocío de Meer, has said that seven or eight million immigrants and their children living in Spain should be deported. Seven or eight, which doesn't come from a palm or a million of the millions. You pay 100 euros for a ticket (cabin luggage, that is), cheap talk, you're spending 800,000,000 euros. She's considering the idea of deporting them by train, Third Reich-style. Even in this case, I'd say the situation is complicated.

Japan is beginning to open up about drugs: the country is further tightening its zero-tolerance policy on narcotics. Since last December, consuming marijuana is no longer just a social taboo or a legal gray area: it's a criminal offense. At the end of March, Tokyo police arrested two people for the first time—a 44-year-old man and a woman—accused of using cannabis after failing a urine test.

International tourists detained at US borders. High tariffs imposed on trading partners. Threats to allies.