Seven days into Trump’s presidency, and the response from many of us has been anger and alarm. Fortunately, there were also those who could see the funny side – here is a pick of the best

The web's funniest responses to Trump's grim first week

This week has been a lot.

As 2017 slowly turns into your favourite dystopian fiction, we thought you might appreciate a reminder of those able to draw on humour to get us all through. Like this alternative rendition of Trump’s inauguration:

Or this subversion of an otherwise depressing moment.

molly-mae (@xnicorn) 'It is now illegal to ejaculate, unless it's for reproduction' pic.twitter.com/cqhuPFw0PM

Then there’s this theory:

Eli Terry (@EliTerry) sean spicer looks like the guy in the group of survivors that hides the fact he was bitten by a zombie pic.twitter.com/NelW22afc8

The person pointing out that this week has been so polarising, people are even arguing with accounts which tweet pictures of dogs:

Trump almost quoting Bane from Batman:

Ian McKellen’s sign at the Women’s March:



Ian McKellen (@IanMcKellen) The Women’s March in London was the longest I have been on. See the rest of my message attached. pic.twitter.com/q7QC4Jvg0S

space nerd (@shxrlocked) Sir Ian McKellen's sign is EVERYTHING#WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/XS3hQ14Mir

Actually, a lot of signs at the Women’s March:

LOUDPVCK (@LOUDPVCK) STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN pic.twitter.com/ThBJLBvjYB

All the Twitter accounts trying to get more followers than Donald Trump:

Half An Onion (@HalfOnionInABag) What if this account that is simply half an onion in a Ziploc bag ended up with more followers than @realDonaldTrump? pic.twitter.com/D28lODPZLO

The Netherlands welcoming Donald Trump:

Eagles questioning America in the year 2017:

Sam Morris (@SamMorrisDesign) This photo of an Eagle taking a hard look at itself is not a metaphor for anything that's been in the news recently pic.twitter.com/FLyANNUg44

An alternative tale of how Hillary Clinton came to be at the inauguration:

Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) “DAMMIT BILL YOU SAID WE WERE GOING TO BRUNCH" pic.twitter.com/ueJSfDZaSV

Twitter diplomacy:

Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) Donald, don't be self-indulgent. Mexico has spoken, we will never ever pay for the #FuckingWall. https://t.co/a79WDY5vlv

And because dogs make everything better: