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Viewfinder: A Volcanic Eruption in Hawaii

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: May 7, 2018
Updated on: May 6, 2018

A plume of volcanic smoke rises over the area of Leilani Estates on May 6th, 2018, on Hawaii's Big Island. — A plume of volcanic smoke rises over the area of Leilani Estates on May 6th, 2018, on Hawaii's Big Island.
(Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

Viewfinder is Pacific Standard's daily photo feature, showcasing one image from the news.

Relatives of earthquake victims burn offerings at the ruins of earthquake-hit Beichuan county during the 10-year anniversary on May 11th, 2018, in the Sichuan province of China. Beichuan county was relocated a decade after it was destroyed by the 2008 earthquake in which more than 15,000 people died.

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

Lava flows from Mount Mayon on January 25th, 2018, as seen from south of Manila, the Philippines. Philippine authorities declared a no-go zone around the volcano after tens of thousands of residents fled to safety.

Lava flows from Mount Mayon on January 25th, 2018, as seen from south of Manila, the Philippines.

A giraffe eats on May 3rd, 2018, at the Zoom Torino zoo in Cumiana, Italy, near Turin.

A giraffe eats on May 3rd, 2018, at the Zoom Torino zoo in Cumiana, Italy, near Turin.

Indonesian people take part in a candlelight vigil in support of the victims and their relatives following a series of bomb attacks in Surabaya, in Jakarta, on May 14th, 2018. A family of five, including a child, carried out the suicide bombing of a police headquarters in Indonesia, police said, a day after a deadly wave of attacks on churches staged by another family.

Indonesian people take part in a candlelight vigil in support of the victims and their relatives following a series of bomb attacks in Surabaya, in Jakarta, on May 14th, 2018.

A swan sits in its nest in a lake near Queen Louise's Bridge in central Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 17th, 2018. The swan's nest is partly made out of trash from the lake and contains several eggs.

A swan sits in its nest in a lake near Queen Louise's Bridge in central Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 17th, 2018.

Legoland employee, Lucy, poses putting a Lego model of U.S. actress Meghan Markle in place next to her husband-to-be Britain's Prince Harry outside a Lego-brick model of Windsor Castle at Legoland in Windsor on May 8th, 2018, during a photo call for its attraction celebrating the upcoming royal wedding. Prince Harry and Markle will marry on May 19th at St. George's Chapel.

Legoland employee, Lucy, poses putting a Lego model of U.S. actress Meghan Markle in place next to her husband-to-be Britain's Prince Harry outside a Lego-brick model of Windsor Castle at Legoland in Windsor on May 8th, 2018.