The Week In Photos: From Teacher Protests in Kentucky to a Migrant ‘Caravan’ in Mexico

Pacific Standard Staff
April 7, 2018
A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard’s daily photo feature.
A view of Nevado de Chillan volcano during an eruptive pulse in Las Trancas, some 400km south of Santiago, April 6th, 2018. Emergency service officials in Chile issued an orange alert in the area around the volcano.
A girl grieves during the funeral of priest Walter Osmir Vásquez Jiménez, who was murdered by alleged gang members of the MS, in Lolotique, El Salvador, on April 1st, 2018.
A girl grieves during the funeral of priest Walter Osmir Vásquez Jiménez, who was murdered by alleged gang members of the MS, in Lolotique, El Salvador, on April 1st, 2018.

(Photo: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images)

Public school teachers and their supporters protest against a pension reform bill at the Kentucky State Capitol on April 2nd, 2018, in Frankfort, Kentucky. The teachers are calling for higher wages and are demanding that Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin veto a bill that overhauls their pension plan.
Public school teachers and their supporters protest against a pension reform bill at the Kentucky State Capitol on April 2nd, 2018, in Frankfort, Kentucky. The teachers are calling for higher wages and are demanding that Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin veto a bill that overhauls their pension plan.

(Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold a joint press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on April 3rd, 2018. Putin launched the construction of Turkey's first nuclear power station and vowed to accelerate the delivery of air defense systems to Ankara in a new tightening of an increasingly close alliance that has alarmed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold a joint press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on April 3rd, 2018. Putin launched the construction of Turkey’s first nuclear power station and vowed to accelerate the delivery of air defense systems to Ankara in a new tightening of an increasingly close alliance that has alarmed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

(Photo: Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images)

Central-American migrants taking part in the
Central-American migrants taking part in the “Migrant Via Crucis” caravan toward the United States receive breakfast as they camp at a sport complex in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, Mexico, on April 4th, 2018.

(Photo: Victoria Razo/AFP/Getty Images)

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw stones toward Israeli forces during clashes following a protest along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on April 5th, 2018. Palestinians readied for new protests along the Gaza border and Israel warned that its open-fire rules would not change as fears of fresh violence rose a week after the bloodiest day in years.
A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw stones toward Israeli forces during clashes following a protest along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on April 5th, 2018. Palestinians readied for new protests along the Gaza border and Israel warned that its open-fire rules would not change as fears of fresh violence rose a week after the bloodiest day in years.

(Photo: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)

A view of Nevado de Chillan volcano during an eruptive pulse in Las Trancas, some 400km south of Santiago, April 6th, 2018. Emergency service officials in Chile issued an orange alert in the area around the volcano.
A view of Nevado de Chillan volcano during an eruptive pulse in Las Trancas, some 400km south of Santiago, April 6th, 2018. Emergency service officials in Chile issued an orange alert in the area around the volcano.

(Photo: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)

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