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I've clicked through a lot of amazing Michael Jackson photos over the last 22 hours, but have seen nothing quite as amazing as this image (which comes via the New York Times and the Associated Press) of the King of Pop standing, as if he were a visiting military dictator from the most sequined autocracy on earth, with Ron and Nancy.

The occasion? A 1984 ceremony to thank MJ for helping out with a drunk-driving awareness effort.

I would now like to hold a ceremony to thank this photographer, whose composition precisely demonstrates—and eerily predicts—Michael Jackson's spot in the global power hierarchy.