The Week in Photos: From an Election in Austria to a Rally in Kenya

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

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Oct 21, 2017

Sebastian Kurz (R), Austrian foreign minister and leader of the conservative Austrian People's Party, speaks to supporters after initial results give the party a first place finish and 31.4 percent of the vote in Austrian parliamentary elections on October 15th, 2017, in Vienna, Austria. — Sebastian Kurz (R), Austrian foreign minister and leader of the conservative Austrian People's Party, speaks to supporters after initial results give the party a first place finish and 31.4 percent of the vote in Austrian parliamentary elections on October 15th, 2017, in Vienna, Austria.
(Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Iraqi forces arrive in the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16th, 2017. Government troops clashed with Kurdish fighters Monday near the disputed city, seizing a military base and oil fields in a major operation sparked by a controversial independence referendum. — Iraqi forces arrive in the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16th, 2017. Government troops clashed with Kurdish fighters Monday near the disputed city, seizing a military base and oil fields in a major operation sparked by a controversial independence referendum.
(Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

An aircraft drops fire retardant over a brush fire in the Angeles National Forest near Mt. Wilson Observatory, northeast of Los Angeles, on October 17th, 2017. — An aircraft drops fire retardant over a brush fire in the Angeles National Forest near Mt. Wilson Observatory, northeast of Los Angeles, on October 17th, 2017.
(Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

Delegates leave after the opening session of the 19th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People on October 18th, 2017, in Beijing, China. — Delegates leave after the opening session of the 19th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People on October 18th, 2017, in Beijing, China.
(Photo: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Indian Sikh devotees light candles to mark Bandi Chhor Divas, or Diwali, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on October 19th, 2017. Also known as the festival of lights, Diwali is the biggest festival celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists around the world. — Indian Sikh devotees light candles to mark Bandi Chhor Divas, or Diwali, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on October 19th, 2017. Also known as the festival of lights, Diwali is the biggest festival celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists around the world.
(Photo: Narinder/AFP/Getty Images)

Opposition leader Raila Odinga speaks to the crowd gathered at a rally at the Ogango Grounds on October 20th, 2017, in Kisumu, Kenya. Tensions are high as Kenya awaits a new presidential election after it annulled the results of the first vote in August. — Opposition leader Raila Odinga speaks to the crowd gathered at a rally at the Ogango Grounds on October 20th, 2017, in Kisumu, Kenya. Tensions are high as Kenya awaits a new presidential election after it annulled the results of the first vote in August.
(Photo: Andrew Renneisen/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.

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Protesters gather outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Pretoria on September 15th, 2017, during a demonstration against Naypyidaw's alleged "ethnic cleansing" of its Rohingya minority. The march by hundreds of demonstrators outside Myanmar's embassy turned violent on September 15th, an AFP journalist reported, and police outside the mission in Pretoria fired teargas and stun grenades to disperse the angry crowd.

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Northern lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the sky over Reinfjorden in Reine, on Lofoten Islands, Arctic Circle, on September 8th, 2017.

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Somali children dive, play, and swim on the seashore of Hamarweyne district in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 6th, 2017.

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Onlookers inaugurate the first French offshore wind turbine on October 13th, 2017, in the port of Saint-Nazaire, France.

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An Indian craftsman makes effigies of the Hindu demon king Ravana at a workshop in Amritsar on September 22nd, 2017. Held at the end of the Navratri Festival, Dussehra symbolizes the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology.

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