I think the editorial desk staff at our vaunted American "global" news services could stand to learn a thing or two from this ITAR-TASS writer (registration required):
CAPTION: ITAR-TASS 187: BEIJING, CHINA. AUGUST 6. Foreign visitor with bad teeth wearing dragon-shaped sun-glasses, a Chinese flag T-shirt and a peaked cap looking at the camera in Beijing, two days before the start of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. (Photo ITAR-TASS / Vitaly Belousov)