The Week in Photos: Heavy Snowfall in Northern Ireland and Student Protests in Hungary

Pacific Standard Staff
January 20, 2018
A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard’s daily photo feature.
Students hold up signs with angry emoticons to protest against the education policy of the government at the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, on January 19th, 2018.
A Yemeni girl holds a rifle as she attends a gathering in Sanaa on January 14th, 2018, in support of the Houthi movement.
A Yemeni girl holds a rifle as she attends a gathering in Sanaa on January 14th, 2018, in support of the Houthi movement.

(Photo: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images)

A pile of tires burns as prison officers demonstrate in front of Villefranche-sur-Saône prison in Lyon, France, on January 15th, 2018. The first operations of total blockage of prisons began at dawn at the call of unions and supervisors are demanding more security after three prison guards were injured in a blade attack by a German al-Qaeda militant in Vendin-le-Vieil prison.
A pile of tires burns as prison officers demonstrate in front of Villefranche-sur-Saône prison in Lyon, France, on January 15th, 2018. The first operations of total blockage of prisons began at dawn at the call of unions and supervisors are demanding more security after three prison guards were injured in a blade attack by a German al-Qaeda militant in Vendin-le-Vieil prison.

(Photo: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images)

Two wild horses stand together on Black Mountain as heavy snow falls on January 16th, 2018, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Met Office has placed an amber weather warning alert on the province with school closures and some roads impassable. More snow is expected over the next 24 hours.
Two wild horses stand together on Black Mountain as heavy snow falls on January 16th, 2018, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Met Office has placed an amber weather warning alert on the province with school closures and some roads impassable. More snow is expected over the next 24 hours.

(Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Somali internally displaced refugees prepare to leave their shelter with their possessions on January 17th, 2018, after the owner of the land ordered them to vacate his property in Mogadishu.
Somali internally displaced refugees prepare to leave their shelter with their possessions on January 17th, 2018, after the owner of the land ordered them to vacate his property in Mogadishu.

(Photo: Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)

A worker at an emergency cholera treatment center gets her shoes disinfected in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on January 18th, 2018. The World Health Organization said this week that there was a high risk of a cholera epidemic after flooding in the area.
A worker at an emergency cholera treatment center gets her shoes disinfected in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on January 18th, 2018. The World Health Organization said this week that there was a high risk of a cholera epidemic after flooding in the area.

(Photo: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images)

Students hold up signs with angry emoticons to protest against the education policy of the government at the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, on January 19th, 2018.
Students hold up signs with angry emoticons to protest against the education policy of the government at the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, on January 19th, 2018. 

(Photo: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images)

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