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The Week in Photos: From Waterlining in Austria to a Robot Cop in Dubai

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.

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.

Bhutanese men prepare traditional shoes at a Folk Heritage Museum in Thimphu on June 1st, 2017, during a visit there by Japanese Princess Mako.

Bhutanese men prepare traditional shoes at a Folk Heritage Museum in Thimphu on June 1st, 2017, during a visit there by Japanese Princess Mako.

The world's first operational police robot stands at attention in Dubai before a military cannon is fired to mark the end of the fasting day on May 31st, 2017, for Muslims observing Ramadan.

The world's first operational police robot stands at attention in Dubai before a military cannon is fired to mark the end of the fasting day on May 31st, 2017, for Muslims observing Ramadan.

An Exocet missile undergoes testing at the Direction générale de l'armement on May 30th, 2017, in western France.

An Exocet missile undergoes testing at the Direction générale de l'armement on May 30th, 2017, in western France.

A veteran walks through Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 29th, 2017.

A veteran walks through Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 29th, 2017.

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