The Week in Photos: From Conscription Protests to Plush Pandas

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard’s daily photo feature.
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Members of the 500 brothers collective gather outside the prefecture on April 2nd, 2017, in Cayenne, French Guiana, following negotiations between representatives of the French government and a French Guianese group over putting an end to general strike over living conditions. (Photo: Jody Amiet/AFP/Getty Images)

Members of the 500 brothers collective gather outside the prefecture on April 2nd, 2017, in Cayenne, French Guiana, following negotiations between representatives of the French government and a French Guianese group over putting an end to general strike over living conditions. (Photo: Jody Amiet/AFP/Getty Images)

Mounted policemen disperse Orthodox Jews in the center of Jerusalem during a protest against Israeli army conscription on April 3rd, 2017. (Photo: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)

Mounted policemen disperse Orthodox Jews in the center of Jerusalem during a protest against Israeli army conscription on April 3rd, 2017. (Photo: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)

An activist clashes with riot police during a protest against Nicolás Maduro’s government in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 4th, 2017. (Photo: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images)

An activist clashes with riot police during a protest against Nicolás Maduro’s government in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 4th, 2017. (Photo: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images)

A polling agent cleans urns at a voting station in Banjul, The Gambia, on April 5th, 2017, a day ahead of legislative elections. (Photo: Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images)

A polling agent cleans urns at a voting station in Banjul, The Gambia, on April 5th, 2017, a day ahead of legislative elections. (Photo: Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images)

A person arranges stuffed pandas in a shop of the Ouwehands Zoo on April 6th, 2017, prior to the arrival of two pandas from China. (Photo: Piroschka Van De Wouw/AFP/Getty Images)

A person arranges stuffed pandas in a shop of the Ouwehands Zoo on April 6th, 2017, prior to the arrival of two pandas from China. (Photo: Piroschka Van De Wouw/AFP/Getty Images)

A man looks at an iPhone at an electronics store in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 7th, 2017. Apple’s phones returned to stores in Argentina after six years of absence. (Photo: Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images)

A man looks at an iPhone at an electronics store in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 7th, 2017. Apple’s phones returned to stores in Argentina after six years of absence. (Photo: Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images)

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