The Week in Photos: From Unrest in Kenya to a Tree Farm in Oregon

Pacific Standard Staff
November 25, 2017
A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard’s daily photo feature.
A helicopter drops a bundle of freshly harvested Christmas trees into a truck at the Holiday Tree Farms on November 18th, 2017, in Monroe, Oregon.
Hasidic Rabbis prepare to pose for a group photo on November 19th, 2017, during the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries, in front of Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Hasidic Rabbis prepare to pose for a group photo on November 19th, 2017, during the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries, in front of Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.

(Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Supporters of Kenya's opposition party take shelter during a demonstration in Nairobi on November 20th, 2017, after Kenya's supreme court dismissed petitions to overturn the country's presidential election re-run, validating the poll victory of President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Supporters of Kenya’s opposition party take shelter during a demonstration in Nairobi on November 20th, 2017, after Kenya’s supreme court dismissed petitions to overturn the country’s presidential election re-run, validating the poll victory of President Uhuru Kenyatta.

(Photo: Georgina Goodwin/AFP/Getty Images)

Harare residents celebrate in the streets following the resignation of Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe on November 21st, 2017. Mugabe, an autocrat who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence, agreed to step down a week after the military took control and moved to impeach him.
Harare residents celebrate in the streets following the resignation of Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe on November 21st, 2017. Mugabe, an autocrat who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence, agreed to step down a week after the military took control and moved to impeach him.

(Photo: Mujahid Safodien/AFP/Getty Images)

Displaced Iraqi children from the former embattled city of Mosul attend school at the Hasan Sham camp, east of Erbil in northern Iraq, on November 20th, 2017. Iraq's second city, Mosul was recaptured in July after being taken in a summer 2014 offensive by the Islamic State group.
Displaced Iraqi children from the former embattled city of Mosul attend school at the Hasan Sham camp, east of Erbil in northern Iraq, on November 20th, 2017. Iraq’s second city, Mosul was recaptured in July after being taken in a summer 2014 offensive by the Islamic State group.

(Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images)

Drumstick and Wishbone, the National Thanksgiving Turkey and its alternate
Drumstick and Wishbone, the National Thanksgiving Turkey and its alternate “wingman,” meet the press ahead of their presidential pardon at an event in Washington, D.C. Both of the 20-week-old birds will then retire to their new home, Gobbler’s Rest, at Virginia Tech.

(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A helicopter drops a bundle of freshly harvested Christmas trees into a truck at the Holiday Tree Farms on November 18th, 2017, in Monroe, Oregon.
A helicopter drops a bundle of freshly harvested Christmas trees into a truck at the Holiday Tree Farms on November 18th, 2017, in Monroe, Oregon.

(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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