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The 2016 Rio Olympics begin with Friday night’s opening ceremony, amid concerns of the mosquito-borne Zika virus and athletes using performance-enhancing drugs. Editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler thinks the Olympic cauldron will be a giant citronella candle, while Joe Heller questions the wisdom in asking: “How bad could it get?”

Nate Beeler, The Columbus Dispatch

Joe Heller, www.hellertoon.com