The definitive guide to what world leaders would be if they were dogs

As far as WorldViews is concerned, the most interesting use of Microsoft's new app "Fetch" — which identifies dog breeds on the basis of user photos — is this other feature where you can upload pictures of human faces for similar readings.

And we're not talking any old human faces. No, we took the mugs of world leaders and ran them through a wesbite that likened them to various dogs. Here are the results, whose forensic exactness we can't quite confirm.

Russian President Vladimir Putin...

...certainly does have a habit of preying on smaller creatures. (An alternative offering involves this remarkably disturbing gallery of images likening Putin to 14 hairless cats.)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel...

(Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)

...the ability of Europe's leading statesman to be smart and nimble will be put to the test in the year ahead, where she faces myriad political challenges at home and abroad.

British Prime Minister David Cameron...

(EPA/Andy Rain)

...is apparently akin to Russia's Putin, which confuses us.

President Obama...

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

...even his opponents would concede he is a bright guy.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani...

(Christophe Morin/Bloomberg)

...followed his nose last year to a landmark agreement with world powers regarding international sanctions and the curtailing of Iran's nuclear program.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

(Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images)

...is known to have a spunky style of his own.

Chinese President Xi Jinping...

(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

...is prone to barking at those around him.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

...has a tendency to see enemies around him and sometimes gets a bit carried away by it all.

French President Francois Hollande...

...apparently has something in common with the Indian prime minister, who hosted Hollande earlier this year to somewhat awkward effect.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff...

...those are perhaps the traits that led the former leftist guerrilla to rise to power, but she's in a world of trouble now.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe...

...is an octogenarian potentate who refuses to relinquish power and still commands a great following.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

...is eager to please and has tried to be very friendly in his first few months in government.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...

...well, this is quite awkward and definitely not true.