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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.

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Apr 1, 2017
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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)

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)

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)

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.

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

Indian devotees and foreign tourist take part in the "kapda phaar," or cloth tearing, during Holi festival celebrations in Pushkar, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, on March 2nd, 2018. Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colors, is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month.

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

Fans dressed as Darth Vader and Chewbacca take a boat trip to the Skelligs on May 4th, 2018, in Portmagee, Ireland. The first-ever Star Wars festival is taking place against the backdrop of the famous Skellig Michael island, which was used extensively in Episode VII and Episode VIII of the popular science-fiction saga. The small fishing village of Portmagee, which is closest to the location, has seen a boom in tourism following the latest films. The village will host a Star Wars drive-in and a Star Wars-themed Irish dancing competition over the weekend.

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

Young pilgrims wait for the arrival of Pope Francis at the Sanctuary of Fatima on May 12th, 2017, in Fatima, Portugal.

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

Waterliner Ludwig Mayerlen walks a 90-meter-long line over the Danube river attached from a tree to Georg Danzer bridge in Vienna, Austria, on June 2nd, 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.

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