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Viewfinder: Political Satire Dominates Rose Monday Carnival Parades in Germany
An anti-pesticide float is seen prior to the annual Rose Monday parade on February 12th, 2018, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Field Notes: Morning at the Buriganga River in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Momin Mohammad, a leather worker, brushes his teeth by a canal near his home in the city's polluted Hazaribagh neighborhood. Each day, tanneries dump 22,000 liters of toxic waste into the Buriganga, the capital city's main river and key water supply.
Viewfinder: Protesting Bullfighting in Colombia
Activists protest against bullfighting at Botero Square in Medellín, Colombia, on February 11th, 2018.
The Week in Photos: An Earthquake in Taiwan and an Election Protest in Senegal
A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.
Viewfinder: The Anata Andino Harvest Festival in Bolivia
Aymara indigenous people perform traditional Andes highlands folk dances during the Anata Andino harvest festival in Oruro, Bolivia, on February 8th, 2018.
Viewfinder: A Magnitude-6.4 Earthquake Hits the East Coast of Taiwan
Rescue workers stand guard in front of a cordon as the Yun Tsui apartment building leans to one side after an overnight earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on February 7th, 2018.
Viewfinder: Local Elections Spark Protests in Guinea
Riot police get ready to disperse people demonstrating to denounce the results of the local elections, on February 6th, 2018, in Conakry, Guinea.
Field Notes: An Abandoned Forest in Eastern Tanzania
John Mganga walks through a forest at night near his former workplace, the Amani Hill Research Station.
Viewfinder: The Berlin Wall Has Been Down for Longer Than It Stood During the Cold War
Remains of the former border wall stand at the Berlin Wall Memorial at Bernauer Strasse on February 5th, 2018, in Berlin, Germany.