The Week in Photos: From a Carnival in London to the U.S. Open in New York

Pacific Standard Staff
September 2, 2017
A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard’s daily photo feature.
A man dressed in a clown outfit distributes balloons to children as confetti is thrown by the Dome of the Rock inside al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid al-Adha on September 1st, 2017.
No-to-Marxism rally members and counter-protesters clash on August 27th, 2017, at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Berkeley, California.
No-to-Marxism rally members and counter-protesters clash on August 27th, 2017, at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Berkeley, California.

(Photo: Amy Osborne/AFP/Getty Images)

Performers and revelers make their way home at the end of the Notting Hill Carnival on August 28th, 2017, in London, England. The Notting Hill Carnival has taken place since 1966 and now has an attendance of over two million people.
Performers and revelers make their way home at the end of the Notting Hill Carnival on August 28th, 2017, in London, England. The Notting Hill Carnival has taken place since 1966 and now has an attendance of over two million people.

(Photo: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

People walk to a Harris County Sheriff air boat while escaping a flooded neighborhood during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on August 29th, 2017, in Houston, Texas. Hurricane Harvey has set what forecasters believe is a new rainfall record for the continental United States, officials said Tuesday.
People walk to a Harris County Sheriff air boat while escaping a flooded neighborhood during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on August 29th, 2017, in Houston, Texas. Hurricane Harvey has set what forecasters believe is a new rainfall record for the continental United States, officials said Tuesday.

(Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

The shadow of France's Jeremy Chardy is seen against France's Gael Monfils during their Qualifying Men's Singles match at the 2017 U.S. Open Tennis Tournament on August 29th, 2017, in New York.
The shadow of France’s Jeremy Chardy is seen against France’s Gael Monfils during their Qualifying Men’s Singles match at the 2017 U.S. Open Tennis Tournament on August 29th, 2017, in New York.

(Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

Over 100 drug reform advocates, former addicts, and family members who have lost loved ones to drugs participate in a New Orleans-style funeral march to demand action on Overdose Awareness Day on August 31st, 2017, in New York City. Thousands of Americans have died from overdoses as an opioid epidemic sweeps across the nation. The New York march, which included the Demolition Brass Band and demanded the immediate expansion of existing community overdose prevention services, concluded at the city morgue.
Over 100 drug reform advocates, former addicts, and family members who have lost loved ones to drugs participate in a New Orleans-style funeral march to demand action on Overdose Awareness Day on August 31st, 2017, in New York City. Thousands of Americans have died from overdoses as an opioid epidemic sweeps across the nation. The New York march, which included the Demolition Brass Band and demanded the immediate expansion of existing community overdose prevention services, concluded at the city morgue.

(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A man dressed in a clown outfit distributes balloons to children as confetti is thrown by the Dome of the Rock inside al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid al-Adha on September 1st, 2017.
A man dressed in a clown outfit distributes balloons to children as confetti is thrown by the Dome of the Rock inside al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem’s old city on the first day of Eid al-Adha on September 1st, 2017.

(Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)

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