The Week in Photos: From Sorting Voter Cards in Senegal to Firefighting in France

Pacific Standard Staff
July 29, 2017
A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard’s daily photo feature.
Pope Francis blesses the crowd attending the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on July 23rd, 2017.
A fire-fighting Canadair aircraft flies to drop water over a fire near Carros, southeastern France, on July 24th, 2017.

Students of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), gathered under the University Student Movement (MEU), clash with riot police during a demonstration to demand, among other things, the resignation of rector Julieta Castellanos, in Tegucigalpa, on July 25th, 2017.
Students of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), gathered under the University Student Movement (MEU), clash with riot police during a demonstration to demand, among other things, the resignation of rector Julieta Castellanos, in Tegucigalpa, on July 25th, 2017. 

(Photo: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images)

A Senegalese man sorts out voter ID cards in alphabetical order at a school that will be used as a polling station in Dakar on July 26th, 2017, ahead of the country's legislative elections.
A Senegalese man sorts out voter ID cards in alphabetical order at a school that will be used as a polling station in Dakar on July 26th, 2017, ahead of the country’s legislative elections.

(Photo: Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images)

A woman carrying a baby crosses a street during a heavy downpour of rain at Taksim in Istanbul on July 27th, 2017.
A woman carrying a baby crosses a street during a heavy downpour of rain at Taksim in Istanbul on July 27th, 2017.

(Photo: Yasin Akgul/AFP/Getty Images)

Indian flood victims wait in a queue to collect relief materials in Chitnan village, around 60 km West of Kolkata, on July 28, 2017. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued warnings of heavy rains across Gujarat state of Western India in next 24 hours.
Indian flood victims wait in a queue to collect relief materials in Chitnan village, around 60 km West of Kolkata, on July 28, 2017. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued warnings of heavy rains across Gujarat state of Western India in next 24 hours.

(Photo: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images)

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