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The Week in Photos: From a Presidential Runoff to a Camel Festival

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard’s daily photo feature.
A woman casts a vote at her house on March 31st, 2017, ahead of Ecuador’s presidential runoff Sunday. (Photo: Juan Cevallos/AFP/Getty Images)

A woman casts a vote at her house on March 31st, 2017, ahead of Ecuador’s presidential runoff Sunday. (Photo: Juan Cevallos/AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinians rally for Land Day, which marks the killing of six Arab Israelis during 1976 demonstrations, near the Israeli border on March 30th, 2017. (Photo: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinians rally for Land Day, which marks the killing of six Arab Israelis during 1976 demonstrations, near the Israeli border on March 30th, 2017. (Photo: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images)

A Saudi boy poses with a camel at the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah on March 29th, 2017. (Photo: Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)

A Saudi boy poses with a camel at the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah on March 29th, 2017. (Photo: Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)

Protestors of President Donald Trump’s proposed travel ban place photographs of refugees in rafts in front of the Trump Building in New York City on March 28th, 2017. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Protestors of President Donald Trump’s proposed travel ban place photographs of refugees in rafts in front of the Trump Building in New York City on March 28th, 2017. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Iraqi children, displaced by fighting in western Mosul, look toward a security forces member on March 27th, 2017. (Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi children, displaced by fighting in western Mosul, look toward a security forces member on March 27th, 2017. (Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)

Demonstrators march in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 26th, 2017, during a nationwide protest against political corruption. (Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)

Demonstrators march in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 26th, 2017, during a nationwide protest against political corruption. (Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)

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