The Week in Photos: From an Eruption in Bali to an Election in Honduras - Pacific Standard

The Week in Photos: From an Eruption in Bali to an Election in Honduras

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

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Dec 2, 2017

A view from the temple at Kubu sub-district in Indonesia's resort island of Bali shows Mount Agung's eruption on November 26th, 2017. — A view from the temple at Kubu sub-district in Indonesia's resort island of Bali shows Mount Agung's eruption on November 26th, 2017.
(Photo: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images)

Children ride a merry-go-round on opening day at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on November 27th, 2017. — Children ride a merry-go-round on opening day at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on November 27th, 2017.
(Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/AFP/Getty Images)

A volunteer from the Syrian Civil Defence searches the rubble of a building following a reported airstrike in the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria on the outskirts of Damascus on November 28th, 2017. — A volunteer from the Syrian Civil Defence searches the rubble of a building following a reported airstrike in the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria on the outskirts of Damascus on November 28th, 2017.
(Photo: Abdulmonam Eassa/AFP/Getty Images)

A boy collects used plastic bottles to be sold at a junk shop at Divisoria market in Manila, Philippines, on November 29th, 2017. — A boy collects used plastic bottles to be sold at a junk shop at Divisoria market in Manila, Philippines, on November 29th, 2017.
(Photo: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images)

Supporters of Honduran opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla set fire to a barricade during a protest outside the Electoral Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa on November 30th, 2017. — Supporters of Honduran opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla set fire to a barricade during a protest outside the Electoral Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa on November 30th, 2017.
(Photo: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images)

A balloon vendor descends an escalator at City Walk in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 1st, 2017. — A balloon vendor descends an escalator at City Walk in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 1st, 2017.
(Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images)

A Libyan coast guardsman stands on a boat during the rescue of 147 undocumented immigrants attempting to reach Europe off the coastal town of Zawiyah, 45 kilometers west of the capital Tripoli, on June 27th, 2017. More than 8,000 migrants have been rescued in waters off Libya during the past 48 hours in difficult weather conditions, Italy's coastguard said.

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

A crowd releases lanterns into the air to celebrate the Yee Peng festival, also known as the Festival of Lights, in the city of Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand on November 3rd, 2017.

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Incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame (L) greets a crowd of supporters as he arrives for a campaign rally on July 31st, 2017, in Gakenke ahead of the August 4th presidential election. Kagame and his Rwanda Patriotic Front Party have held an iron grip on power since overthrowing the extremist Hutu regime, which perpetrated the 1994 genocide of 800,000 Tutsis.

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

A man carries a placard demanding election rights during a demonstration by opposition parties for free and transparent elections on February 9th, 2018, in Dakar, Senegal. Senegal's presidential elections will be held in 2019.

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A man dressed in a clown outfit distributes balloons to children as confetti is thrown by the Dome of the Rock inside al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid al-Adha on September 1st, 2017.

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

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