No, this is not a biometric scanner for the signing of state-level agreements: This image of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Saudi King Salman, and US President Donald Trump at the inauguration of a new center to monitor extremism is going viral on El Face and Tweeter — and it has very little to do with the anti-extremism center. The three leaders holding onto a glowing orb (for reasons we still have yet to understand) in a setup reminiscent of the three witches in the opening scene of Macbeth has inspired an avalanche of comment. Our favorites so far: A comparison to Marvel Comics’ terrorist organization Hydra and this reference to the El Sobky-produced World War III film.

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