After being stolen in broad daylight back in 2004, "The Scream" has been recovered by police and will eventually be returned to public display.

"The Scream" and another stolen masterpiece by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch were recovered by police on Thursday, two years and nine days after gunmen seized the paintings from an Oslo museum.

"'The Scream' and 'Madonna' are now in police possession," police chief Iver Stensrud told a news conference. "The damage is much less than we could have feared."

He said the pictures were recovered on Thursday afternoon in "a successful police operation" but dodged questions about how it was done. He said no ransom had been paid "as of today."

"The Scream," Munch's most famous work, is an icon of existential angst showing a terrified figure against a blood-red sky. "Madonna" shows a bare-breasted woman with long black hair.

The picture has become a pop-culture icon over the last several years, but has long been a favorite of art lovers. I'm thrilled to learn that this piece will be returned to its public very soon.

In honor of the recovery, all of today's posts will feature "The Scream" -- with a special caption appropriate to the story.

I'm baaaaaaack!

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