The Week in Photos: Wildfires in Southern California and Protests in Mexico, Greece, and Germany

Protesters hold a European Union flag during an anti-government and corruption protest at the Victoria square in front of the Romanian government headquarters, in Bucharest, on December 3rd, 2017.
(Photo: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images)

People hold banners reading Freedom for Political Prisoners in front of Barcelona's city hall on December 4th, 2017, during a demonstration demanding the release of jailed separatist leaders.
(Photo: Pau Barrena/AFP/Getty Images)

Mexican farmers protest in Mexico City on December 5th, 2017, over land conflicts on the outskirts of the capital.
(Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

A firework explodes during clashes between protesters and police in central Athens on December 6th, 2017, at a demonstration commemorating 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos, who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2008. Masked youths threw stones and vandalized property during the annual protests.
(Photo: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)